UPN ratifies its election agreement with PP in Navarre
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50/63 · Sourced answers shared with the quizzes and comparison. Gaps do not mean neutrality.
Work, income and income tax · 7
People with large fortunes should continue to pay a specific tax on their wealth.
2023 Navarre regional manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Its regional manifesto proposes a 100% wealth-tax rebate in Navarre. This is regional opposition to that levy, rather than a promise to repeal the national solidarity tax.
2023 Navarre regional manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Its regional manifesto proposes a 100% wealth-tax rebate in Navarre. This is regional opposition to that levy, rather than a promise to repeal the national solidarity tax.
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Original source · 32The state should guarantee a minimum income for low-income households through benefits such as Spain’s Ingreso Mínimo Vital (IMV).
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports an inclusion income with support, job-search requirements and obligations adapted to each situation, rather than an unconditional universal payment.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports an inclusion income with support, job-search requirements and obligations adapted to each situation, rather than an unconditional universal payment.
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Original source · 15The working week should be capped at 37.5 hours, with no cut in pay.
UPN rejects imposition in the 37.5-hour bill debate and supports social dialogue. This records opposition to the proposed legal cap while preserving its support for labour agreements.
UPN rejects imposition in the 37.5-hour bill debate and supports social dialogue. This records opposition to the proposed legal cap while preserving its support for labour agreements.
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Original source · 142Public pensions should automatically change each year in line with prices.
Alli supports linking pensions to CPI to preserve purchasing power. Historical evidence, supplemented by support for revaluation in 2026.
Alli supports linking pensions to CPI to preserve purchasing power. Historical evidence, supplemented by support for revaluation in 2026.
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Original sourceIncome tax should be reduced for people on low or middle incomes.
2023 Navarre regional manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes lower income tax in Navarre, more brackets at the lower end and higher family allowances.
2023 Navarre regional manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes lower income tax in Navarre, more brackets at the lower end and higher family allowances.
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Original source · 31The thresholds of every income-tax bracket should rise with prices, so that a pay rise that only keeps up with inflation does not increase our tax burden.
Separate vote on income-tax point 1. Nonbinding motion; it does not change the law. Voted for general income-tax adjustment. This vote does not establish a position on every targeted cut for lower incomes.
Separate vote on income-tax point 1. Nonbinding motion; it does not change the law. Voted for general income-tax adjustment. This vote does not establish a position on every targeted cut for lower incomes.
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Original source · Punto 1 (IRPF) y votos nominalesStarting and running a small business should involve less paperwork.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Proposes simpler administrative procedures for self-employed people and small businesses.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Proposes simpler administrative procedures for self-employed people and small businesses.
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Health, education and care · 7
Health services that have been privatised should return to public management.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). UPN’s adopted Navarre healthcare policy supports continued public–private collaboration subject to quality and efficiency, rather than returning contracted services to public management. It does not endorse every privatisation.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). UPN’s adopted Navarre healthcare policy supports continued public–private collaboration subject to quality and efficiency, rather than returning contracted services to public management. It does not endorse every privatisation.
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Original source · 105When public money funds more school places, public schools should come first, ahead of subsidised private schools.
Catalán explicitly supports the specific motion to change article 109 and guarantee subsidised private places according to demand, citing parents’ freedom of choice.
Catalán explicitly supports the specific motion to change article 109 and guarantee subsidised private places according to demand, citing parents’ freedom of choice.
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Original source · 22There should be free nursery places for children up to age three.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Proposes free education from birth to age three in both public and publicly subsidised schools.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Proposes free education from birth to age three in both public and publicly subsidised schools.
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Original source · 115Public funding should help people who need daily care and their families.
2023 Navarre regional manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public help for people who need daily care and their families.
2023 Navarre regional manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Supports public help for people who need daily care and their families.
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Original source · 124Public healthcare should provide more mental-health support.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Proposes stronger mental-health support through public services.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Proposes stronger mental-health support through public services.
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Original source · 110Grants should let people keep studying when they cannot afford it.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports grants and financial help so that low income does not prevent further study.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports grants and financial help so that low income does not prevent further study.
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Original source · 161Science and research should receive public funding.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public funding for science and research.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public funding for science and research.
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Housing and contracts · 7
In areas where rents have soared, there should still be a limit on what landlords can charge.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Its 2023 general-election manifesto calls for repealing the Housing Law that provides rent caps in stressed areas. This records that repeal commitment without inventing an alternative rent-control proposal.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Its 2023 general-election manifesto calls for repealing the Housing Law that provides rent caps in stressed areas. This records that repeal commitment without inventing an alternative rent-control proposal.
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Original source · 6Getting permission to build new homes should be quicker and simpler.
Catalán supports separately voted point 5: reducing administrative burdens and coordinating national reports to shorten land and housing development from ten years to four while preserving legal certainty.
Catalán supports separately voted point 5: reducing administrative burdens and coordinating national reports to shorten land and housing development from ten years to four while preserving legal certainty.
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Original source · 5People buying their first home to live in should pay less tax.
Catalán votes separately for reducing VAT on a first newly built home from 10% to 4% and paying in instalments alongside the mortgage. Point 6 directly addresses purchase-tax relief; other provisions are not inferred.
Catalán votes separately for reducing VAT on a first newly built home from 10% to 4% and paying in instalments alongside the mortgage. Point 6 directly addresses purchase-tax relief; other provisions are not inferred.
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Original source · 5Housing purchases by funds and companies seeking to speculate should be restricted.
Navarre parliamentary debate on restrictions on speculative purchases (2026; regional groups’ own positions). Sánchez de Muniáin opposes the proposed deeper intervention in Navarre’s housing market, including restrictions on speculative purchases in stressed areas, arguing that it reduces supply. He separately supports agreements to reuse buildings; the assessment is not based solely on a package vote.
Navarre parliamentary debate on restrictions on speculative purchases (2026; regional groups’ own positions). Sánchez de Muniáin opposes the proposed deeper intervention in Navarre’s housing market, including restrictions on speculative purchases in stressed areas, arguing that it reduces supply. He separately supports agreements to reuse buildings; the assessment is not based solely on a package vote.
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Original source · 25A vulnerable family with nowhere else to live should be able to delay eviction for a limited time.
Cristina Ibarrola’s direct statements to Europa Press on renting and private property, 29 April 2026. Ibarrola opposes preventing eviction for non-payment to protect vulnerable tenants at private owners’ expense, calling for public resources and housing instead. She supports helping those families but rejects making owners provide that protection. The report does not specify her alternative compensation arrangements or exemptions.
Cristina Ibarrola’s direct statements to Europa Press on renting and private property, 29 April 2026. Ibarrola opposes preventing eviction for non-payment to protect vulnerable tenants at private owners’ expense, calling for public resources and housing instead. She supports helping those families but rejects making owners provide that protection. The report does not specify her alternative compensation arrangements or exemptions.
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Original sourceA landlord should be able to recover their home sooner, with a judge’s permission, if the tenant fails to pay or breaks the contract.
Cristina Ibarrola’s direct statements to Europa Press on renting and private property, 29 April 2026. Ibarrola supports owners recovering a rented home when tenants fail to pay and damage it, opposing measures that prevent eviction. She links this to legal certainty and public assistance for people in need. This concerns breached rental contracts, not inference from the criminal fast trial for occupation, nor a proposal for eviction without a judge.
Cristina Ibarrola’s direct statements to Europa Press on renting and private property, 29 April 2026. Ibarrola supports owners recovering a rented home when tenants fail to pay and damage it, opposing measures that prevent eviction. She links this to legal certainty and public assistance for people in need. This concerns breached rental contracts, not inference from the criminal fast trial for occupation, nor a proposal for eviction without a judge.
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Original sourceIf someone is accused of occupying a home illegally, a judge should be able to use a fast trial.
Catalán Higueras, Alberto votes for separately voted amendment 539, adding unlawful entry into a home and usurpation to fast criminal proceedings. This concerns the specific criminal route, not unpaid rent or every civil recovery procedure.
Catalán Higueras, Alberto votes for separately voted amendment 539, adding unlawful entry into a home and usurpation to fast criminal proceedings. This concerns the specific criminal route, not unpaid rent or every civil recovery procedure.
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Transport, villages and culture · 3
Small towns and villages should have access to basic services, even when few people live there.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports services and infrastructure giving small communities and rural areas access to basic services.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports services and infrastructure giving small communities and rural areas access to basic services.
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Original source · 18Public funding should make public transport cheaper to use.
2023 Navarre regional manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes public funding to reduce the cost of public transport.
2023 Navarre regional manifesto (territorial and historical evidence). Proposes public funding to reduce the cost of public transport.
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Original source · 142There should be public support for culture and preserving heritage.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public backing for culture and preserving and sharing heritage.
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public backing for culture and preserving and sharing heritage.
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Climate, energy and food · 3
The government should promote a shift from oil and gas to clean energy to curb global warming.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports reducing emissions and moving towards clean energy to address climate change.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports reducing emissions and moving towards clean energy to address climate change.
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Original source · 17Existing nuclear power plants should be able to run for more years if the nuclear safety regulator approves.
Nuclear amendment: final provision 24 of Senate text BOCG 331-2923. Votes for the specific amendment removing shutdown dates for Almaraz, Ascó I and Cofrentes. This is the separate nuclear-provision vote, rather than a vote on the mobility bill as a whole.
Nuclear amendment: final provision 24 of Senate text BOCG 331-2923. Votes for the specific amendment removing shutdown dates for Almaraz, Ascó I and Cofrentes. This is the separate nuclear-provision vote, rather than a vote on the mobility bill as a whole.
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Original source · 5Public support should help maintain local food production.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports public aid and funding to sustain local agricultural production.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports public aid and funding to sustain local agricultural production.
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Rights and privacy · 4
Specific protections should remain for women experiencing gender-based violence.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports specific measures and protection against gender-based violence towards women.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports specific measures and protection against gender-based violence towards women.
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Original source · 103Abortion should be available in public healthcare, including at ages 16 and 17 without parental permission.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Its adopted 2024 statutes explicitly oppose abortion; that general opposition encompasses the public access asked about.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Its adopted 2024 statutes explicitly oppose abortion; that general opposition encompasses the public access asked about.
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Original source · 29From age 16, people should be able to change the sex on their official documents without a medical diagnosis or compulsory hormone treatment.
Catalán rejects the 2023 law and demands parental and professional involvement in minors’ self-definition, distinguishing that opposition from support for LGBT equality and dignity.
Catalán rejects the 2023 law and demands parental and professional involvement in minors’ self-definition, distinguishing that opposition from support for LGBT equality and dignity.
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Original source · 87A person should be able to request medical help to die if they meet the conditions of the euthanasia law.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Its 2024 statutes explicitly oppose euthanasia.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Its 2024 statutes explicitly oppose euthanasia.
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Original source · 29
Migration and borders · 5
Nobody should be sent back from the border without a chance to seek asylum and have their case assessed.
UPN statement addressed to Spain’s government in 2016 (historical reference). Esparza calls on Spain’s government to respect the Geneva Convention and rejects blanket returns of refugees to Turkey. This is a 2016 protection-safeguards statement, not a position on every current administrative return.
UPN statement addressed to Spain’s government in 2016 (historical reference). Esparza calls on Spain’s government to respect the Geneva Convention and rejects blanket returns of refugees to Turkey. This is a 2016 protection-safeguards statement, not a position on every current administrative return.
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Original sourceSpain should devote more people and resources to border controls to reduce entry without permission.
López Mañero calls on the national government to control borders thoroughly and combat irregular entry with all available means, while supporting orderly legal migration and reception rights.
López Mañero calls on the national government to control borders thoroughly and combat irregular entry with all available means, while supporting orderly legal migration and reception rights.
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Original source · 77Spain should deport migrants without permission to stay sooner once they have a final removal order.
Catalán calls for effective implementation of issued removal orders and supports agreements with countries of origin within European return policy. This concerns executing existing orders, rather than returning people without assessing their cases.
Catalán calls for effective implementation of issued removal orders and supports agreements with countries of origin within European return policy. This concerns executing existing orders, rather than returning people without assessing their cases.
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Original source · 50It should be possible to deport foreign nationals in more cases after convictions for serious or repeated crimes.
Calls for prosecutors to seek prison sentences and court-ordered replacement by expulsion under Criminal Code article 89, rather than treating arrest as sufficient.
Calls for prosecutors to seek prison sentences and court-ordered replacement by expulsion under Criminal Code article 89, rather than treating arrest as sufficient.
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Original sourceIf a region cannot take in more migrant children arriving alone, other regions should be required to help by taking some in.
López Mañero says Navarre must help receive children and calls on Spain’s government for fair, proportionate distribution among all regions with sufficient resources. This records the national duty to cooperate; it does not recode UPN’s parliamentary abstention as a yes vote.
López Mañero says Navarre must help receive children and calls on Spain’s government for fair, proportionate distribution among all regions with sufficient resources. This records the national duty to cooperate; it does not recode UPN’s parliamentary abstention as a yes vote.
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Territory and languages · 5
People in Catalonia or the Basque Country should be able to vote on whether to remain in Spain or become independent.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Its 2024 principles defend Spain’s constitutional model and reject territorial separation in Catalonia and Euskadi, opposing the secession asked about.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Its 2024 principles defend Spain’s constitutional model and reject territorial separation in Catalonia and Euskadi, opposing the secession asked about.
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Original source · 13Regions with another official language should be able to teach mainly in it, without a fixed share of classes in Spanish set by the national government.
Specific Catalan school model resolution, voted on 13 September and published on 21 September 2011 (historical evidence). UPN rejected the specific motion to defend Catalonia’s school model, with Catalan as the usual teaching language and centre of gravity without excluding Spanish. The official text establishes the policy voted on and Europa Press explicitly identifies UPN’s rejection. This is historical evidence from 2011, not a current proposal for a 25% quota or a vote on a general education package.
Specific Catalan school model resolution, voted on 13 September and published on 21 September 2011 (historical evidence). UPN rejected the specific motion to defend Catalonia’s school model, with Catalan as the usual teaching language and centre of gravity without excluding Spanish. The official text establishes the policy voted on and Europa Press explicitly identifies UPN’s rejection. This is historical evidence from 2011, not a current proposal for a 25% quota or a vote on a general education package.
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Original source · 19Catalonia should collect and manage all its taxes and agree how much it contributes to shared costs and solidarity.
Catalán rejects the specific Catalan financing agreement as a trade of votes for power, distinguishing this from his defence of Navarre’s fiscal agreement and historic rights.
Catalán rejects the specific Catalan financing agreement as a trade of votes for power, distinguishing this from his defence of Navarre’s fiscal agreement and historic rights.
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Original source · 33Navarre should handle the permits that allow foreign nationals to work there.
Full official article transcribed by the user; the hash identifies that transcription rather than downloaded HTML. UPN authors the proposal to transfer initial work-permit administration to Navarre and votes for it. The resolution includes inspection functions and requires resources and coordination with national residence authorisations.
Full official article transcribed by the user; the hash identifies that transcription rather than downloaded HTML. UPN authors the proposal to transfer initial work-permit administration to Navarre and votes for it. The resolution includes inspection functions and requires resources and coordination with national residence authorisations.
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Original sourceThe 2024 amnesty law should remain in force for the acts of the Catalan independence process that it covers.
Rejects the 2024 amnesty. The speech’s legal objections are the party’s position.
Rejects the 2024 amnesty. The speech’s legal objections are the party’s position.
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Security, justice and corruption · 6
Lobbyists should have to join a public register so we can see their activities.
UPN parliamentary position in 2017 (historical reference). Salvador supports a Congress interest register and disclosure of meetings with interest groups, explicitly endorsing that transparency alongside support for the reform.
UPN parliamentary position in 2017 (historical reference). Salvador supports a Congress interest register and disclosure of meetings with interest groups, explicitly endorsing that transparency alongside support for the reform.
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Original source · 21People who report corruption should be protected by a national body independent of the government.
UPN’s own amendments 373 and 374 to the national whistleblower-protection bill (2017; historical reference). In their own amendments 373 and 374, Salvador and Alli propose an independent authority covering central government and protecting whistleblowers, with regional participation by agreement. This is UPN’s 2017 national proposal rather than an inference from a vote on the entire bill.
UPN’s own amendments 373 and 374 to the national whistleblower-protection bill (2017; historical reference). In their own amendments 373 and 374, Salvador and Alli propose an independent authority covering central government and protecting whistleblowers, with regional participation by agreement. This is UPN’s 2017 national proposal rather than an inference from a vote on the entire bill.
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Original source · 15Judges should choose their representatives on the council that oversees the judiciary, instead of parliament.
Catalán advocates restoring the pre-1985 system in which judges elected the judicial members.
Catalán advocates restoring the pre-1985 system in which judges elected the judicial members.
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Original source · 76A politician accused of a crime should go before the ordinary courts, without a different court because of their office.
Supports abolishing special jurisdiction for national and regional legislators on equality grounds. Historical evidence from 2016.
Supports abolishing special jurisdiction for national and regional legislators on equality grounds. Historical evidence from 2016.
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Original sourceCrime statistics should also show nationality, without identifying individuals.
UPN parliamentary group statement on statistical transparency in Navarre (2026; territorial context). López Mañero supports publishing origin and nationality statistics with population context and without stigmatising groups. She proposes quarterly publication in Navarre and cites existing national Interior Ministry data; this does not imply that all arrested people are guilty.
UPN parliamentary group statement on statistical transparency in Navarre (2026; territorial context). López Mañero supports publishing origin and nationality statistics with population context and without stigmatising groups. She proposes quarterly publication in Navarre and cites existing national Interior Ministry data; this does not imply that all arrested people are guilty.
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Original source · 101Someone with repeated convictions for petty theft should receive tougher penalties.
Catalán supports the repeated-theft sentencing reform and criticises its delay. It concerns repeated convictions, rather than arrests.
Catalán supports the repeated-theft sentencing reform and criticises its delay. It concerns repeated convictions, rather than arrests.
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Europe and international relations · 2
EU countries should make decisions together, sharing some of their powers.
UPN’s official policy page has no visible publication date; this is an observation date, not a new-proposal date. Proposes recognising the primacy of European law and shared sovereignty in the Constitution.
UPN’s official policy page has no visible publication date; this is an observation date, not a new-proposal date. Proposes recognising the primacy of European law and shared sovereignty in the Constitution.
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Original sourcePublic money should help fight poverty in poorer countries.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports public funding for development cooperation to fight poverty and inequality.
UPN’s 13th congress policy and statute papers (2024). Supports public funding for development cooperation to fight poverty and inequality.
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Religion and public life · 1
Wearing a burqa or niqab, which conceal the face, should be banned in streets, on transport and in other public spaces.
Javier Esparza’s direct statement in the Navarre parliament, reported by RTVE. Javier Esparza supports banning the burqa because of its impact on women’s freedom, while criticising VOX’s framing.
Javier Esparza’s direct statement in the Navarre parliament, reported by RTVE. Javier Esparza supports banning the burqa because of its impact on women’s freedom, while criticising VOX’s framing.
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