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Spanish Parliament Rejects Bill to Shorten Working Week

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Spanish Parliament Rejects Bill to Shorten Working Week

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a session at Parliament in Madrid on Dec. 12, 2018. Reuters/Susana Vera

Spain’s lower house of parliament has rejected a bill that would have shortened the working week, delivering a setback to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist-led minority government as it struggles to push through promised reforms.

In a late vote on Sept. 10, opposition parties joined with Catalonia’s pro-independence Junts to block the bill from advancing to debate.

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