Summary of the Press Conferences following the meetings of the Council of Ministers
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Tuesday 31 March 2020
The government makes deferments in National Insurance quotas more flexible, prevents the eviction of tenants for six months, extends the social electricity voucher, creates a new subsidy for domestic workers and attends to specific needs for research and culture.
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Council of Ministers approves recoverable paid leave for workers providing non-essential services
Sunday 29 March 2020
The extraordinary Council of Ministers approved Royal Decree-Law 10/2020 regulating recoverable paid leave for workers that do not provide essential services, in order to reduce personal mobility in the fight against COVID-19, who will not need to go to work between 30 March and 9 April.
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Friday 27 March 2020
The government stressed that it is essential to extend the state of emergency to tackle the pandemic and warned that this health crisis is temporary and cannot be used to justify dismissals.
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Government will ask Lower House to extend state of emergency on Wednesday until 11 April
Tuesday 24 March 2020
The government considers it necessary to maintain the measures established to combat the coronavirus health crisis. Furthermore, to protect the most vulnerable sectors from its impact, it will allocate 325 million euros to social policies and set up loan guarantees worth 20 billion euros for companies, SMEs and independent contractors.
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Tuesday 17 March 2020
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, gave a press briefing following the meeting of the Council of Ministers which approved the largest mobilisation of economic resources in the democracy, to be allocated to the most vulnerable families, workers, companies and research into a vaccination against COVID-19.