La Moncloa. News of the Government of Spain [Government/News]

Spain leads Europe in advancing the minimum wage directive

Monday 6 December 2021

The Second Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Work and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, has defended the directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU, which has received broad support from the majority of the 27 Member States, at the European Union's Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO).

Albares calls for inclusive and sustainable tourism as a generator of employment and development

Friday 3 December 2021

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, highlighted the great transformative capacity of inclusive and sustainable tourism, and the firm intention of Spain, as a member state and head office of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), to rely on it as a source of employment and development.

Second phase of VATar-COVID-19 project to monitor new variants of the virus in wastewater begins

Friday 3 December 2021

The Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has launched the second phase of the Monitoring and Early Warning of COVID-19 in wastewater (VATar-COVID-19) project.

The Minister for Justice attends the World Law Congress in Colombia

Thursday 2 December 2021

The Minister for Justice, Pilar Llop, has travelled to Colombia, accompanying H.M. King Felipe VI, to attend the World Jurist Association's 27th Biennial Congress (WLC, World Law Congress), which is being held today and tomorrow in Barranquilla (Colombia) and organised by the World Jurist Association (WJA).

Planas conveys Spain's priorities for the next Council of Fisheries Ministers to the EU presidency

Thursday 2 December 2021

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has conveyed Spain's disagreement with some of the European Commission's proposals on fishing opportunities and management measures for 2022 to his Slovenian counterpart Jože Podgoršek, whose country currently holds the EU presidency.