Lamine Yamal has broken his silence over the Islamophobic chants this Tuesday at Cornellà-El Prat, on the occasion of a friendly between Spain and Egypt, with a publication on Instagram. "I know [the chants] were for the opposing team [Egypt], but as a Muslim person it is still a lack of respect and something intolerable [...]. To those who sing these things: using religion as a mockery leaves you as ignorant and racist people," wrote the Barça star and the main star of Luis de la Fuente's team. The footballer left the Espanyol stadium with his head down and without greeting the local fans.

One of the first consequences of the calling of elections in Andalusia The biggest news has been the departure of María Jesús Montero from the Spanish government. The Vice President and Minister of Finance will have to pack her bags to become the PSOE candidate in the elections, which were announced early this Monday by President Juanma Moreno Bonilla. In her first press conference since the announcement, Montero confirmed this Tuesday that she is beginning "this electoral race" as a candidate and that her departure as minister "will be imminent in the coming days," as she stated on Monday.

The far right is not making as much progress as it would like across France, but it is gaining new municipalities and strengthening its position in Northern Catalonia. National Rally (RN), Marine Le Pen's party, already secured the mayorship of Perpignan a week ago with an absolute majority in the first round, and this Sunday it won in the second round of the municipal elections In Ribesaltes and Cañoses, in Roussillon. The far-right politician Steve Fortel also won in Elna, and Gilles Foxonet, another far-right politician, retained his position in Baixàs. "It's a lesson for the future of Catalonia and Spain: simply calling them fascists isn't enough," former mayor of Elna Nicolas Garcia told ARA. "We Catalans can't win," added Forques councilor Jordi Vera, who emphasized that 60% of the population comes from outside Northern Catalonia.

"Either negotiation or resignation." This has been the main message repeated by the 35,000 teachers and professors – 100,000 according to the organizers – who demonstrated this Friday in Barcelona to show their rejection of the agreement that the Government signed with CCOO and UGT to improve teachers' working conditions and the situation in classrooms. Their refusal has resulted in what the unions have called a "total strike": almost half of the teachers (43.77%) have joined the strike – although the unions put this percentage as high as 85%. This figure is slightly higher than the participation reported by the Department of Education during the last strike the sector staged in Catalonia last February, when the final tally was 40.94%.

On the fourth day of the teachers' strike and one day before the nationwide school closures, the government has insisted that improving the agreement signed with the CCOO and UGT unions—but not with Ustec, the largest teachers' union—is not on the table. The Minister of Economy, Alícia Romero, reiterated this after approving a supplementary budget of €5,988.65 million, which will cover expenses once the budget is withdrawn to continue negotiations with the ERC party. Romero warned that "having more resources is very difficult without a budget" and also admitted that if the budget were approved, it would be "very complicated" to improve the agreement with the teachers because "it's a very, very large increase." "The government has made a very significant effort, and we should all be aware of that," she asserted.

Salvador Illa decided to push ahead after ERC's refusal to negotiate the budget and presented the bill two weeks ago without having the Republicans' support guaranteed. This pressure tactic against Oriol Junqueras' party failed to budge them from their position: the Republicans had maintained their red line for beginning negotiations unless the Spanish government made a gesture of ceding control over income tax revenue. The budget was headed for failure this Friday, as Esquerra would have voted for its amendment to the entire bill, thus causing it to collapse. To avoid defeat, Salvador Illa decided to withdraw the budget this Wednesday. as some sources consulted by the ARA pointed outand give negotiations with the Republicans another chance. However, Esquerra has also shifted its position and no longer refers to income tax as a condition. sine qua non to negotiate the budget. "It's a very important condition," Oriol Junqueras stated when journalists asked him if it remained an "essential" condition, as it had been until now. In fact, Esquerra has opened itself to negotiating an alternative proposal to the Personal Income Tax (IRPF) if the Catalan Government puts one on the table. The target date for a new budget is before the summer.

He Felipe VI's acknowledgment of the "abuses" in the conquest of America The monarch's remarks have been positively received by Mexico. The country's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, stated at a press conference on Tuesday that these words represent "a gesture of rapprochement" from the head of state, acknowledging "the excesses and exterminations that occurred during the arrival of the Spanish." She added that "we must recognize this and continue to move forward with the dialogue," in a process that "requires further work." On the other hand, the monarch's statements have not been well received by Vox, as expected, and have also generated discomfort within the People's Party (PP). Both parties made this clear in their reactions on Tuesday to the monarch's words, with which he intended to make a gesture toward Mexico. He has been asking for an apology from Spain for years. because of its colonial past. Although neither the right nor the far right have sought a direct confrontation with the head of state, both parties have distanced themselves from his position and have reaffirmed "the pride of the Spanish legacy" in Latin America.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo clings to the good results for the PP in Castile and León to try to corner Vox. In an interview this Tuesday on EsRadio, the Popular Party leader called on the far right to abandon its "political myopia" and "read the ballot boxes correctly." Feijóo accused Santiago Abascal's party of taking an "adolescent approach" to negotiations with the Popular Party in Extremadura, Aragon, and Castile and León and demanded they finalize a pact now. "If the PP has twice as many votes as you, and in some regions, three times as many, it is undemocratic to prevent this party from governing," he went so far as to say.

The second woman to denounce Íñigo ErrejónIn this case of rape, he has not ratified the facts before the judge, as reported by the online publication. The Objective And the lawyer for the alleged victim, Alfredo Arrién, has confirmed to ARA that this will likely lead to the provisional dismissal of the investigation that began a few weeks ago.

The leader of the far-right Catalan independence movement, Sílvia Orriols, once again displayed her Islamophobia this Tuesday, a cornerstone of her political project, as she herself claims. In an interview with Catalunya Ràdio, the head of Aliança Catalana (AC) defended banning the Quran, the holy text of Muslims, arguing that "what it says is barbaric." She didn't stop there: "The Bible also contains phrases taken completely out of context, but the beauty of it is that we Christians know how to contextualize and update them; we don't interpret them literally," she said, in a direct attack on the capabilities of Muslims. "Their own religion says so; the Quran is not open to interpretation," she added, although this premise only applies to certain branches of Islam. The mayor of Ripoll also began the interview by confessing that she lives with "great hope." the US and Israeli attack on Iran"One of the most terrifying regimes in the world could fall," celebrated the woman who, on other occasions, has had no problem expressing her support for Donald Trump. In this regard, she denounced the opposition to the war of Spanish President Pedro Sánchez, whom she criticized for "playing at ambiguity and mediocrity" and for "not being able to stand up for human rights." The far-right leader was referring to the rights of the Iranian population, long repressed by the authorities in Tehran, but she omitted the massacres of the same population that are being caused by the bombs coming from Washington and Tel Aviv.

Hejoint US-Israeli attack against Iran It had been brewing for some time in the offices of Washington and Tel Aviv, but the imminence of the offensive didn't become clear until the day before it began. This short window of opportunity and the rapid spread of the conflict, with Tehran's response against several countries in the regionThe closure of airspace has taken citizens around the world by surprise, particularly those who were in the Persian Gulf on Saturday, whether working, on vacation, or traveling. Many are now stranded, uncertain of when they will be able to return home. For this reason, the Spanish government has already begun evacuating 30,000 Spaniards from the region, as announced by Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares at the press conference following the cabinet meeting. He explained that 175 Spanish citizens are already flying to Madrid from Abu Dhabi and are scheduled to arrive at Barajas Airport at 7:00 PM. He urged all Spaniards in the area to register as travelers to help keep track of the number of people in the Middle East. A request that the Catalan government has also made—currently counting 1,200 Catalans—with the aim of being able to send instructions for their return to Catalonia if the violence escalates. In fact, the Minister of Foreign Action, Jaume Duch, has assumed that the number of citizens is higher: "These are the people we would like to identify themselves, so that we have the means to know who they are and where they are, and to be in contact with them," he said. According to data from Idescat, 6,115 Catalans live in the Middle East.

The Government and ERC are aware that they are assured of the band and band of a bullfight. The main folder that he had was the new financial model that, in parallel, was negotiated by the Spanish government. In fact, the Catalan side, in this negotiation, goes on a common front because the principle of order is guaranteed in the new system, always for Catalonia. There was a relationship of trust that, after the No d'Oriol Junqueras to negotiate the budgets, has been touched. Esquerra considers that the PSC "has not done its duty" to put pressure on the PSOE because it transfers the recapture of personal income tax; Instead, the Government believes that the Republicans have changed their position and are demanding more guarantees than those they initially demanded. Unfortunately, both parties have responded to contacts this week to try to resolve the situation. Finally, they have all given more room to negotiate and have extended the term to present reports to the totality of the comptes: the final debate will be on March 20.

The far right is trying to get rid of Judge Nuria Ruiz Tobarra, who is investigating the DANA case, and to shut down the case being investigated in the Catarroja courts. The far-right agitator and lawyer Rubén Gisbert, known for to have gotten their trousers muddy before a broadcast A woman who appeared on Cuatro in the days following the tragedy has filed a lawsuit against the magistrate for the alleged involvement and intervention of her husband, also a judge, Jorge Martínez Ribera, during statements given by victims of the torrential rains. The lawsuit, which ARA has obtained and which is also signed by three families of victims, requests that both be removed from the judiciary and that the entire investigation of the case be annulled. This request comes at a time when... Tobarra has requested that former president Carlos Mazón be charged. for manslaughter.

This week marks the 45th anniversary of the attempted coup of February 23rd and the Spanish government has decided that it was time to declassify the documentation which has been kept under wraps for years. The order to lift the secrecy order was published early this morning. This Wednesday in the Official State Gazette (BOE)The document justifies the need to make public the "matters, documents, information, data, and objects" related to the military uprising led by Antonio Tejero, Alfonso Armada, and Jaime Milans del Bosch. These are 153 "documentary units" that have already been made public. They can be viewed here.

The leader of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, continues his standoff with President Salvador Illa over the budget. After the head of the Catalan government announced that will approve the accounts despite not having secured Esquerra's endorsementThe Republican leader issued a warning to the government on Tuesday: "Don't escalate conflicts you can't win." Speaking to Catalunya Ràdio, Junqueras confirmed that his opposition to the budget will remain if the Socialists, through the Ministry of Finance, do not make progress on the issue of income tax collection in Catalonia. He also stated that, if this does not happen, they will present a comprehensive amendment to the budget. As if it were a game of ping-pong, Junqueras's words were preceded by the Catalan government's announcement that the draft budget will increase spending by 9.1 billion euros compared to 2023, when the figure reached 41.025 billion. This was confirmed by the Minister of Economy, Alícia Romero, in statements to the Catalan News Agency (ACN), where she urged the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) to act with "responsibility" to avoid losing "resources, management capacity, and effectiveness."

The Spanish government will approve the declassification of documents related to the attempted coup of February 23, 1981, this Tuesday. On the 45th anniversary of the events of 1981, the government is taking this step to settle a "historical debt" with the public, as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated in a message on social media. The declassification will take effect this Wednesday with its publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE), and from that moment on, all the documentation will be available to "all interested parties." the Moncloa websiteAccording to Spanish government sources, the news has been applauded by the PSOE's coalition partners, although they have already called for going further and unblocking the reform of the Official Secrets Act, which dates back to the Franco regime.

An agreement has been reached between the Catalan government and the Comuns party for the 2026 budget. After 10 days of express negotiations, President Salvador Illa and the leader of Comuns in the Catalan Parliament, Jéssica Albiach, signed the pact in the Gothic gallery of the Palau de la Generalitat this Thursday, once the main obstacle was overcome. the prohibition of speculative housing purchaseswhich the PSC has finally accepted. Both parties have agreed to a reform of the urban planning law with the aim that, if it secures sufficient majorities, the ban on speculation by large property owners will come into effect before the summer.

A new step forward towards a budget agreement between Comuns and the Catalan Government. Jéssica Albiach's party has agreed with the executive to expand housing rental assistanceThe agreement includes increasing the family income limit for accessing the benefit to €36,279, up from the current €25,200, and raising the monthly rent limit to €855 (€1,135 in the case of Barcelona). Meanwhile, the Barcelona en Comú party has secured a commitment from the government to create annual vouchers worth €25 each for menstrual products and condoms for young people.

Pedro Sánchez is not backing down and is taking another step in the crusade against Big Tech. The Spanish government on Tuesday asked the Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate X, Meta (which includes Facebook and Instagram), and TikTok for the sexual violence crimes they may be committing in the creation and distribution of child pornography using their artificial intelligence (AI) tools. "These platforms are threatening the mental health, dignity, and rights of our sons and daughters. The State cannot allow this. The impunity of these giants must end," Sánchez himself stated early in the morning in a message published on X.

María Guardiola is no longer what she used to be: while in 2023 she distinguished herself as one of the most moderate figures in the People's Party (PP), distancing herself from the far right—although she ultimately formed a coalition with them—and until a few weeks ago resisted yielding to Vox's demands, now she's surrendering to Santiago Abascal's party. "The feminism I defend is the feminism that Vox defends," she said this morning in an interview with Ok Diario, words that have not gone down well with the PP at the national level and which Guardiola herself has since been forced to clarify. The PP leadership in Madrid has disavowed her: "There's too much noise and not enough serious work," said the party's deputy secretary, Carmen Fúnez, when asked about the Extremadura president's remarks.