US EditionThe Congress Begins the Reform to Be Able to Withdraw Press Credentials with the Rejection of PP and Vox – Pledge Times
- The Congress of Deputies began reforming its regulations on May 20, 2025, to enable the removal of press credentials in Madrid.
- The reform arose after protests by parliamentary journalists who reported disruptions and insults affecting their work.
- The new rules establish a sanctioning regime covering serious actions such as insults, threats, recording in restricted areas, and misinformation in credential applications.
- The sanction can last from three months to five years, or be permanent in extreme cases, with seven parliamentary groups supporting and PP and VOX opposing the measure.
- The reform triggered debate over press freedom, with critics alleging prior censorship while supporters stress it aims to curb unacceptable behavior without harming information rights.
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The majority of Congress has approved on Tuesday — 176 in favour and 170 against — a reform of the law regulating the functioning of the House to put an end to the increasing number of incidents provoked by ultras agitators accredited as journalists.
The investiture block promotes a reform of the regulation of the Lower House that allows the withdrawal of accreditations for those who interrupt and boycott the work of journalists and deputies
The government approved Tuesday that the Congressional Bureau has the authority to censor and withdraw accreditation for "agitating" journalists.
The Congress of Deputies has taken into consideration the initiative to amend its regulations to amend the system to grant accreditations to the media covering information in the Chamber and to modify the telematic voting system. The initiative was registered by all parliamentary groups except PP and Vox, although some have withdrawn their signature of the text and the norm has reached the plenary of the Congress only by the PSOE and the PNV. Th…
The PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) and its pro-independence partners have given the green light to reforming the Congressional Rules of Procedure "to be able to act against people with press credentials who boycott press conferences, harass MPs and journalists, and hinder the work of journalists," or, in other words, to expel from the Senate journalists who are bothersome to the Sánchez administration under the excuse that they "intimid…
The consideration went ahead with 176 votes in favour and 170 votes against.
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