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Far-right censure motion against Spanish government defeated

STORY: Far-right censure motion against Spanish government defeated DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Spanish Congress 2. various of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez STORYLINE: The Spanish Congress (lower chamber of parliament) on Wednesday rejected a censure motion against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez by the extreme right-wing "Vox" party. The 52 Vox representatives in the Congress voted in favor, along with Pablo Cambronero, a former member of the center-right "Ciudadanos" party. Meanwhile, there were 201 votes against and 91 abstentions. Members of Sanchez's coalition government, which is made up of his Socialist Party (PSOE) and the left-wing Unidas Podemos, voted against the motion. Deputies from the right-wing People's Party (PP), the main opposition force in Spain, abstained from the vote. PP leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo did not attend the debate. This is the second censure motion presented by Vox to be defeated during Sa

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Spanish government's energy-saving decree wins Congress support

STORY: Spanish government's energy-saving decree wins Congress support DATELINE: Aug. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Congress of Spain 2. various of different energy infrastructures 3. various of several ways to save energy at home 4. various of PP deputy at Spanish Congress 5. various of power grid 6. various of different ways to save energy in city and at home 7. various of trains 8. various of different ways to save energy in city and at home STORYLINE: An energy-saving decree approved by Spain's Council of Ministers on August 1st has now been given the green light by the Congress (the lower house of the Spanish Parliament). The decree was approved on Thursday with 187 votes in favor and 161 against. It was supported by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialist Party (PSOE) and its Unidas Podemos coalition partners, along with groups such as the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and the Catalan nationalists Esguerra Republicana (ERC). Howe

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