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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - basic services]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA["Immigration is a subsidy for businesses"]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/b8498107-7cfa-4278-8de5-a26215e2bca4_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Josep Sala i Cullell is a geography teacher at a high school in Norway. His first essay,<em> Plug generation,</em> It sparked some controversy when addressing generational power struggles. Now it returns with <em>We are not 6 million </em>(Portico),<em> </em>A book in which he calls for open discussion about immigration and criticizes the fact that we have been sold, as inevitable, a model designed to favor employers and harm workers.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Carla Turró]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Mar 2026 06:01:01 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Martorell will fine anyone who fills jugs from public fountains up to 750 euros.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/dee722c7-2c95-4bb5-ab14-78c0b243fc1a_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Martorell City Council approved a ban on Monday prohibiting the filling of water jugs from the town's public fountains. This measure aims to prevent residents without access to piped water at home from collecting it for domestic use. The measure is included in the municipal coexistence ordinance, which the full council will amend with the support of the governing parties, Junts and the PSC. Specifically, the ban expressly prohibits the use of the fountains to "accumulate water using jugs, bottles, or any other type of container that allows for its storage." Violations will result in fines ranging from €100 to €750. For days now, the fountain where Jon (a pseudonym) gets his daily water supply has been dry, forcing him to walk over 500 meters to find another. "I don't know what we'll do without the fountains. Everyone on my blog is without water, and we have to come here every day too, because we have no alternative," he explains. He explains that in his building there are families with young children who, like him, are squatting because there is no affordable housing available. "What harm are we doing?" asks Jaume (also a pseudonym) upon learning of the planned measure while filling two 16-liter jugs. His elderly parents are waiting for him at home. "We drink, cook, and wash with this water," he explains, surprised. "Is it a crime to drink water now?" he concludes.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marta Rodríguez Carrera]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:41:36 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[A man fills a jug at a public fountain in the La Mina neighborhood of Martorell.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The measure will be included in the civic ordinance that the municipal council will approve with the votes of Junts and the PSC.]]></subtitle>
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