Together and the PP will limit the regularization of immigrants by the PSOE and Podemos

The week begins in a very dangerous way. As you know, Trump has announced attacks on Iranian power plants if Iran does not unblock the Strait of Hormuz Iran has warned that its response will be to attack the desalination plants of the Persian Gulf countries. You attack my electricity, and I'll attack your water.

Well, the attacks have already begun this morning. Israel has said it was bombing infrastructure, and there have already been power outages in Tehran, the capital. If you look at the map, you'll see many brown patches along the coast of the Persian Gulf; these are the desalination plants in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman that Iran could attack with missiles. The announcement of these attacks sent Asian stock markets plummeting this morning (Asian countries are the ones most affected by the inability of oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz), and we all feel the pinch. Trump is not only failing to get his way with Iran, where the sinister regime of the ayatollahs is holding on, but he is also crippling the American economy, his voters, which is why he issued the ultimatum. This war is proving to be an unmitigated disaster because for Iran, it's a war for existential survival, and in this type of war, you die (if you die at all) by killing.

To curb the soaring price of gasoline, the VAT reduction on gasoline, gas, and electricity has come into effect, which is a good thing, but ultimately it means we're paying for lower gasoline prices with our taxes. Like I said, this price war is proving disastrous, and there's no end in sight.

All of this will be debated the day after tomorrow in Congress, where Sánchez will appear as the promoter of a "no to war" in which he was initially alone and to which other European countries later added themselves, each with their own nuances.

Congress will also be the scene of a very important vote. You may recall that the PSOE and Podemos parties agreed to a mass regularization of half a million immigrants. It was a regularization approved by the Spanish government that didn't need to go through Congress. But as our delegate in Madrid, Núria Orriols, explains, The PP has found a loophole to try to influence the Senate, through the law on multiple recidivism promoted by Junts. The PP (People's Party) promoted an amendment to tighten the conditions for the regularization of migrants, and, as ARA has learned, Junts will vote in favor this Thursday in the final vote in Congress. The regularization will still go ahead, but controls for obtaining a residence permit will be increased, making the criminal record certificate mandatory. What happens if an immigrant claims that the criminal record certificate did not exist in their country, asserting that they have a clean record? The agreed text states that, "under no circumstances may the impossibility of obtaining this certificate, the lack of response from foreign authorities, or administrative inaction give rise to automatic presumptions in favor of the applicant, nor may this requirement be replaced by other means such as sworn statements." The measure makes social sense, will complicate the lives of those seeking to regularize their status, and will be the cause of a new clash between Junts and Podem, which will benefit both parties electorally, due to the message of firmness it sends to their electorates, despite their opposing positions.

Good morning.