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A Debate

begins on the State of the Nation

in which Sánchez is expected to announce a

new battery of social and economic measures.

It will be the first State of the Nation Debate to be held in seven years, which is why Podemos, Vox or Ciudadanos have never participated in such a format.

Meanwhile, shortly before the

Debate on the State of the Nation began,

the Second Vice President and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, assured this morning in an interview on TVE that she does not know what measures Pedro Sánchez is going to announce, but that they will surely respond to "Spain's main problem", which is inflation.

"Everything necessary must be done to reduce it," she insisted.

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11:58

Inés Arrimadas expects "little" from Sánchez during the Debate on the State of the Nation

Inés Arrimadas, from Cs, affirms that she expects "little" from Sánchez in the

Debate on the State of the Nation,

but is pending in case "some surprise" arises.

Reports Marisa Cruz in THE WORLD

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11:57

Yolanda Díaz asks to highlight "the economic malaise that the country is experiencing"

Yolanda Díaz asks to highlight "the economic malaise that the country is experiencing" and repeats that she does not know the measures that the president is going to propose.

The second vice-president of the Government has arrived at the Debate with Alberto Garzón and Antón Gómez-Reino, from Galicia in Common. Ione Belarra, Minister of Social Rights and leader of Podemos, has entered the hemicycle alone just a couple of minutes later.

Marisa Cruz and Vicente Coll report in EL MUNDO.

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11:53

Abascal will be the only leader of the big games that will be able to have a face to face with Sánchez

Santiago Abascal

enters the hemicycle.

He is the only leader of the big national parties that will be able to star in a face to face with Pedro Sánchez.

Neither Alberto Núñez Feijóo nor Yolanda Díaz will be able to speak in this debate: one because he is not a deputy, another because he is not the spokesperson for United We Can.

Reports Raúl Piña in EL MUNDO.

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11:42

Sánchez arrives at Congress 20 minutes before the Debate on the State of the Nation begins

Pedro Sánchez arrives at Congress.

He goes to the government offices.

The last review of a speech in which he seeks to launch a new battery of measures that allow him to reconnect with his electorate.

Meanwhile, in the guest gallery, among others, the president of Navarra, Maria Chivite, or the Government delegate in Madrid, Mercedes González, are beginning to take their seats.

Reports Raúl Piña in EL MUNDO.

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11:39

Feijóo arrives at Congress before the start of the State of the Nation Debate

Feijóo arrives at Congress.

The leader of the PP will not be able to intervene in the debate as he is not a deputy.

He will be sitting next to the party's spokeswoman,

Cuca Gamarra

, who will be in charge of facing Pedro Sánchez face to face.

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11:35

Ana Oramas misses "the political height" of years ago with Rubalcaba and Rajoy

The oldest deputy in this debate is

Ana Oramas

, from the Canarian Coalition, and she already misses the political height of years ago with Rubalcaba and Rajoy fighting in a dialectical duel and contrasting proposals.

Marisa Cruz reports in EL MUNDO.

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11:25

Seven years without Debate on the State of the Nation

The nonsense of not having convened the State of the Nation Debate in the last seven years is a good thermometer of the political climate that the country has experienced.

Podemos, Vox or Ciudadanos have never participated in such a debate and leaders such as Pablo Iglesias, Albert Rivera or Pablo Casado never had the opportunity to face the current president in this format.

Reports Roberto Benito in EL MUNDO.

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11:20

The BNG demands a "180-degree turn" from the Government in the face of the Debate on the State of the Nation

The BNG has demanded this Tuesday from the Government a "180 degree turn" in its policies in the face of the

Debate on the State of the Nation

because "it is systematically failing to comply with those aspects that are fundamental" in the coalition of the PSOE and United We Can.

In a press conference in Congress prior to the Debate on the State of the Nation, the BNG deputy Néstor Rego has warned that the Executive "is generating disappointment" in both "own and foreign" voters, as has been seen in the " recent electoral processes", including the Andalusian elections.

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11:13

Everything prepared in Congress for the Debate on the State of the Nation

In Congress, everything is ready to host in less than an hour and the beginning of the Debate on the State of the Nation, the first of the socialist Pedro Sánchez as President of the Government and the popular Alberto Núñez Feijóo as leader of the opposition but without a seat in deputy.

Tranquility is marking the hours prior to the start of the first of the three days that this extraordinary plenary session will last in which the Chief Executive will take stock of his management and confront the representatives of the parliamentary groups with the course of his political action. government.

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11:05

Compromís and Más País want regional financing to be reformed

Compromís, Más País, Més per Mallorca, Cha and Equo will present a resolution proposal in the

Debate on the State of the Nation

that urges the Government to initiate "immediately" the reform of the regional financing system.

And they want the State to contribute with a greater contribution of resources to the autonomous communities and that "temporary solutions" be established that guarantee the equality of citizens in the presentation of public services without involving a greater indebtedness of the autonomies.

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11:00

Rufián expects Sánchez to confirm the reactivation of the dialogue table in the Debate on the State of the Nation

The ERC spokesman in Congress, Gabriel Rufián, has said that he hopes that the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, will confirm the reactivation of the dialogue table during the

Debate on the State of the Nation

that starts this Tuesday.

When asked about his expectations for the Debate in an interview on Catalunya Radio, he replied that "the confirmation of what already came out after the Vilagrà-Bolaños meeting".

In addition, he has applauded the proposal of United We Can to reform the crime of sedition but has considered that "it is not the only one, much less is it the solution to the conflict that exists".

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10:55

Sánchez goes to the Debate of the Nation facing everyone and forced to announce another battery of measures given the seriousness of the crisis

In

La Moncloa they

have been working for days on the Debate on the State of the Nation.

"It is a very important debate at a very important moment," they reflect in the presidential complex.

An appointment that comes at a delicate moment for Pedro Sánchez, one of the most complex in the legislature.

His partners, including United We Can, prepare a dialectical struggle with demands on issues such as taxation and social policies.

They will reject the increase

in defense spending

and will warn of the need for a shift, a rectification in socioeconomic policy, to look at the reality of society.

Of course, in the

Government

they take the attacks of PP and Vox for granted.

Read the complete information of Raúl Piña in EL MUNDO.

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10:39

Díaz asks the opposition that its intervention in the Debate on the State of the Nation be "up to the circumstances of the country"

Yolanda Díaz, in the same TVE interview, has asked the opposition groups that their participation in the

Debate on the State of the Nation

be "up to the circumstances of the country" and without "starting positions": " I would not like a hyper-ideologized debate, with challenges, with starting positions. The country is not for this."

The Minister of Labor has also wondered what measures the PP will propose, beyond a general reduction in taxes and once again asking for elections to be held, that is, "beyond Spain falling, we will raise it up" .

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10:34

Yolanda Díaz assures that she is unaware of the measures that Sánchez is going to announce during the Debate on the State of the Nation

Half the Government does not know what measures

Pedro Sánchez

is going to announce this Tuesday in the

Debate on the State of the Nation.

This has been revealed by the second vice president and leader of United We Can, Yolanda Díaz, who admits that this Monday during the Council of Ministers the debate was "worked on in general" but without knowing what announcements the chief executive would make during the most important of the year.

"I don't know what measures the president is going to announce," Diaz said in an interview on TVE in which he considered that the package of measures should be focused on alleviating high inflation and alleviating the "suffering" of the middle and working classes.

Vicente Coll reports in EL MUNDO.

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