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Pablo Iglesias, until recently Spain’s radical Left deputy Prime Minister, leader of Unidas Podemos, who quit his position to run for the position of Madrilenian President.
ACOM noted that Pablo Iglesias, leader of Unidas Podemos, who runs for President of the Madrid regional government, ‘’has a history of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements.’’
Ahead of the regional elections in Madrid, ACOM, the leading organization in the fight against anti-Semitism in Spain, has called voters ‘’to voice their opposition to antisemitic far-Left parties Unidad Podemos and Mas Madrid, as well as to presidential candidate Pablo Iglesias.”
The regional election in Madrid, scheduled to take place on May 4
Spain considers making it easier to officially change gender Reuters 2/3/2021
By Clara-Laeila Laudette
MADRID, Feb 3 (Reuters) - People in Spain wishing to change their official gender will no longer have to undergo medical and psychological exams or years of hormone treatment if a bill from the Equality Ministry on Wednesday is taken up by the government and becomes law.
Spain currently requires transgender people to have hormone treatment for two years before they can change their gender on administrative records, a precondition criticised by the European Court of Human Rights.
An official at the Equality Ministry, which is run by the far-left party Unidad Podemos, said the state should not submit trans people to blackmail in this way.