Summary of the Press Conferences following the meetings of the Council of Ministers
February 2020
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Government repeals law protecting dismissals on justified medical grounds
Tuesday 18 February 2020
The government also agreed to create taxes on financial transactions and on certain digital services, with the aim of adapting the fiscal system to new areas of digital businesses, without raising taxes on the middle classes, the working classes, the self-employed or SMEs.
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King of Spain chairs Council of Ministers at Zarzuela Palace
Tuesday 18 February 2020
All of the members of the government attended a meeting at which they informed the Head of State of the main lines of government action during this term of office. This is the first time that King Felipe VI has chaired the Council of Ministers with Pedro Sánchez as the President of the Government and only the second time since his proclamation as King in 2014.
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Government agrees on path of budget stability and forecasts economic growth of 1.6% in 2020
Tuesday 11 February 2020
The Council of Ministers presented the multiannual budget stability targets and the ceiling on spending for 2020, which include reducing the public deficit and debt, without endangering growth or job creation.
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Government raises minimum wage to 950 euros with retroactive effects from 1 January
Tuesday 4 February 2020
The government also analysed the situation of the agri-food sector and undertook to improve the profits of farmers and livestock breeders to which end it presented several new measures.