The 7 news you have to know this Thursday, December 29 in the morning

Hello good day!

Drivers will have to pay motorway tolls from 2024. This will save the state about a billion euros a year. Another big saving, this one of 30%, supposes hospitalization at home for public health, a service that the Vall d’Hebron hospital has launched. In both cases, the State saves and the citizen assumes more responsibilities.

Theme of the day

Pay to drive. Starting in 2024, it will be mandatory pay to be able to circulate by a highway. At first, the system will be like the Swiss one – a fixed annual payment – but later it will be like the Portuguese one: pay per distance travelled. In this case, an arc will detect the start and end of the journey and will charge the amount on the driver’s card.

The conservative TC says goodbye. The current Constitutional Court says goodbye justifying that it can limit the work of the legislature if it “exceeds the constitutional margins”. As of today, it will have a progressive majority that it will have to address such important laws such as abortion, education, euthanasia and child protection, in addition to labor reform.

Swords held high The bridges between La Moncloa and the PP still broken. The crossover of accusations continues and the most serious consequence for the State is that the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary continues to be blocked, with its mandate expired for more than four years.

In other news

Hospital at home. The Vall d’Hebron hospital, the largest in Catalonia, has launched the service of Home Hospitalization. Patients will be cared for in their homes whenever possible. This increases the comfort of the patient and public health saves 30% of the cost of their treatment.

Benedict XVI is very serious. Pope Francis has asked Catholics to pray for your predecessor, Benedict XVI, 95 years old. His health has deteriorated further in recent hours.

Sexual assault on a minor. Last Friday, a 16-year-old girl was videotaped performing fellatio on the dance floor in the waka disco from Sant Quirze del Valles (Barcelona). Whoever disseminates the recording may commit a crime of child pornography, which is punishable by up to five years in prison.

Less plastic and more bulk. The Government wants next year to reduce a 20% the use of plastic bottles single use only. He also pushes for whole fruit to be sold in bulk and for customers to be able to shop with their own containers. The goal is to reduce plastic in food.

Interview

Sergi Darder, RCD Espanyol player

“We lack that courage to play without fear of making mistakes.” read it here.

Plus

Nobel divorce. Isabel Preysler has fired Mario Vargas Llosa. She has done so with an ad in Hello! his talisman magazine. The reason seems to have been the writer’s jealousy and Nobel laureate.

jude law meets fifty years in professional and family fulfillment. His successes on the big screen parallel those of his offspring. He has six children by four different women and would be delighted to have more (children).

Another look

They were the first to exhibit. The Sala Parés in Barcelona organized in 1896 the first exhibition of Spanish women artists. About a hundred participated, of which hardly anything is known. The art historian Consol Oltra intends to bring them to light.

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Luz Gabás, winner of the Planeta 2022 novelist

“The romantic is an attitude of the spirit, the romantic is in me.” read it here.

LLUIS AMIGUET

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