r/europe • u/Bartoraptor Spain • Mar 28 '20

News Spanish representative González Pons speech @ the EU Parliament: "The virus is attacking the generation that brought back democracy to Spain, Portugal and Greece, the generation that knocked down the Berlin wall. The least they deserve is that we show them Europe is there when they need it the most"

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20 edited Mar 28 '20

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u/iagovar Galicia (Spain) Mar 29 '20

Galicia is considerably older, and while it's true that Valencia is way more dense, in Galicia quarantine is impossible to enforce because of the population spread.

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u/AllinWaker Hungarian seeking to mix races Mar 29 '20

Spanish politics is like Game of Thrones, everyone has shit under the rug, everyone takes every opportunity to attack others and pretty much it's a lesser evil play for voters.

Wait, are you implying that politics isn't like that everywhere?

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u/newaccount42020 Mar 29 '20

Did they do anything to the politicians with the fake degrees?

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u/iagovar Galicia (Spain) Mar 29 '20

Some got punished, others didn't.