Topic: Congreso

Topic

Lula or Flavio Bolsonaro? Brazil decides its political course

Brazil is preparing for the presidential and legislative elections on 4 October, in a scenario marked by political polarization, insecurity and government wear-off. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro are taking part in an adjusted dispute according to several surveys, while the composition of the Congress will be decisive for the next term. With about 158 million voters called, we analyze the keys to a vote that can redefine the direction of the South American giant. Link of France 24 follows the electoral pulse of Brazil.

25 Sept 2026, 16:07 UTC

World

Ada Colau, willing to return to politics if "there is a really wide front of left"

The former mayor of Barcelona suggests that she will be a candidate for Congress if asked: "I will feel responsible for helping to prevent her from ruling fascism"

25 Sept 2026, 13:07 UTC

World

Congress will open file to punish the MP who showed a pepper spray in the hemicycle

Punishment could be a temporary suspension and a financial penalty

25 Sept 2026, 13:06 UTC

World

Jorge Ramos: "No one can reach the presidency and Congress without the vote of Latinos"

The journalist begins his collaboration with EL PAIS and analyses why the 65 million Hispanics in the United States will be a key force in the midterm elections.

24 Sept 2026, 13:44 UTC

Politics

Salvador Illa confronts Ayuso in the Maricarsen case: "The administrations, at least the Catalan ones, are here to fight this"

The president states that the eviction has been a "soul-free" measure and calls on the right and the extreme right to approve the decree in Congress

24 Sept 2026, 12:46 UTC

World

Waiting for Congress

The exhibition of a pepper spray and its later emptying in parliamentary units shows the escalation in the degradation of Spanish politics

24 Sept 2026, 04:41 UTC

Science

A session of the Congress' burned 'by pepper: from the "hybrid attack' jokes to the risk of sanctions on PP

Sealed spaces, twelve people served and a version of the PP that does not fit after taking out the popular deputy Ana Vázquez Blanco a toxic spray in the hemicycle due to the Ceuta crisis

24 Sept 2026, 04:39 UTC

World

Handing and accumulated garbage: which reveals leaked images of an ICE office in Florida

The material was delivered by an anonymous complainant to Democratic legislators of a Congress committee

23 Sept 2026, 18:23 UTC

World

Congress rejects the Minister of Education for Spain's barefoot in the PISA Report

Parliament rejected the educational initiatives to reverse the fall in the international evaluation proposed by the PP and Vox

23 Sept 2026, 14:26 UTC

World

Congress's toxic well has no bottom: pepper gas comes

Great scandal after a PP member exhibited in the plenary a pepper spray and its later emptying contaminated the air of House dependencies

23 Sept 2026, 13:20 UTC

World

A PP worker admits that he manipulated the pepper pot that a popular congressman exhibited in Congress

The police have had to close down several areas of the lower house, where 12 people have been cared for. Ana Vázquez had assured that the spray was empty

23 Sept 2026, 09:15 UTC

Politics

Congress urges Government to advance the retirement of cabin crew

The Commission approves the proposal of Sumar which calls for the inclusion of these workers in the decree already regulating the early withdrawal of the pilots. Social Security does not need parliamentary support to make change

22 Sept 2026, 14:03 UTC

World

Congress definitively withdraws press accreditation from Vito Quiles

The final suspension for access to the lower house is due to a "repeated infringement"

22 Sept 2026, 11:55 UTC

World

Peace resonates in the Congress of Deputies with the echoes of Pau Casals

The Catalan musician is honoured for the first time in the Lower House on the occasion of the International Day of Peace and the 150th anniversary of the violonchelist

21 Sept 2026, 19:37 UTC

Politics

UGT calls on the Government to vote on strengthening the prevention of occupational risks in Congress before the end of the year

Pepe Alvarez says that the deputies who reject the project will be "accomplices" of the work sinister and Yolanda Díaz will burden the PP's position on work casualties

21 Sept 2026, 18:37 UTC

World

Junts rejects the tribute to Pau Casals in Congress if not in Catalan

The party sends a letter to Francina Armengol, claimed not to fall "in the temptation to Spanish" the figure of the musician and his legacy

21 Sept 2026, 15:37 UTC

World

Mazón claims he was not in charge of the emergency when he arrived at the Cecopi at night.

The former Valencian President has appeared before the lower house to respond again to his role in crisis management

21 Sept 2026, 04:25 UTC

World

Transparency, for another day

With the rejection to regulate the 'lobbies', Congress maintains an opacity about political activity that degrades democracy

18 Sept 2026, 15:17 UTC

Politics

Straight to... Buenos Aires and the bill that tightens sanctions for those operating in Malvinas

The President of Argentina, Javier Milei, sent the draft Law on the Defence of National Sovereignty to Congress. The aim is to replace Act No. 26,659, which has been in force since 2011, and to strengthen sanctions for the unauthorized exploitation of remedies in the Malvinas. He extended the details of our correspondent Natalio Coso.

18 Sept 2026, 12:58 UTC

World

Russia bombs Kiev with missiles and drones hours after new U.S. sanctions. United States.

Missiles and drones hit a building in Kiev, leaving at least 18 wounded during the early morning of September 17. According to the military administration of the Ukrainian capital, there were attacks in eight regions of the country. Russian attacks were also recorded in Odessa and Zaporiyia. In this context, the US Congress approved a new package of sanctions against Russia hours earlier. From the Kremlin they warned that they are attentive to the document.

18 Sept 2026, 12:58 UTC