MADRID (AP) — The parties forming Spain’s acting government said Tuesday that they will push for a 37½-hour workweek as part of an agreement the coalition partners struck as they try to remain in power following an inconclusive election in July.
Now, the government wants to move toward a shorter workweek like in neighboring France, where the workweek is 35 hours.
The proposal is for Spain to have a 38½-hour workweek next year and for that to fall to 37½ hours in 2025.
Spain’s Socialist Party and its junior coalition partner, the leftist Sumar (Joining Forces), have until Nov. 27 to earn the backing of the majority of Spain’s Parliament to form a new government.
___This story has been corrected to show that Spain’s governing party and its junior coalition partner have until Nov. 27 to try to form a government, not Nov. 21.
Persons:
Pedro Sánchez, Yolanda Díaz
Organizations:
MADRID, Spain’s Socialist Party, Forces, Socialists, Socialist
Locations:
Spain, France, Catalonia, Basque, Madrid