The Meeting between the PSOE and Sumar to try to resolve the crisis The coalition government's collapse following the scandals of alleged corruption and harassment by the Socialists has ended as it began, without any "significant progress." This was the criticism leveled in a subsequent statement by Sumar, the junior partner in the government, which accused Pedro Sánchez's party of "hollowing itself out" at the PSOE headquarters and the Moncloa Palace and "failing to respond to a public that demands explanations and changes." The meeting was marked by secrecy surrounding the location and time, which neither party revealed until after it took place: it was held in Congress and lasted over an hour and a half. For their part, the Socialists reaffirmed the measures they have taken in response to the alleged corruption and harassment cases and their "forceful" and "immediate" response. "We have demonstrated this and we will continue to demonstrate it," the PSOE asserted in another statement.

Sant Jordi is such a sure thing that the only thing left to worry about is the weather. Because, with the slightest bit of help, millions of people go out to celebrate it. two million books sold and crowds everywhere. In Barcelona, ​​​​which serves as the home and publishing house and where they sign best-selling writers, you couldn't take a step. The city center, with traffic and construction, collapsedWe should start working on it next year to avoid dying of success and rethink the way people come and go.

The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and the liberal party NEOS have finally reached a coalition agreement to form a government. After intense negotiations, the parties have achieved the agreement they were looking for to exclude the far-right party Freedom Party (FPÖ), which was the most voted party in the elections, from the executive. September 29 elections, with 28.8% of the vote. The far-right Herbert Kickl failed in his attempt to form a government with the conservatives.

On 22 June, Pedro Sánchez reached the end of a path that he had been paving for months: he pardoned political prisoners after they had spent almost four years in prison. He was laying the first stone to address the political conflict outside the courts. The next step was to resume the negotiating table that had been interrupted by the pandemic, and on 15 September the Spanish and Catalan governments' teams were photographed at the Palau de la Generalitat. But months have gone by and the Spanish government has been showing signs that, after pardoning political prisoners, the Catalan conflict is no longer a priority. And this became clear this Wednesday after the Spanish president closed the year defending the idea that right now the management of the pandemic is incompatible with immediately resuming dialogue with the Generalitat.

Portugal voted in an election for the presidency of the Republic with a much tougher lockdown and worse covid indexes than Catalonia. They did it as they do things in Portugal, without a fuss. These elections have left two worrying figures: the abstention of 60.51% (despite the fact that in 2011 it was 53%, with no covid) and a notable rise of the far right, which has placed Chega!'s candidate in third place with 11.90% of the votes.