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In common, against poverty and cuts

  • They have concentrated on the delegation of the Basque Government in Bilbao to denounce the situation of poverty and the cutbacks. This morning the draft Income Guarantee Income (IGR) was put to the vote.
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14 February 2019 - 16:13
(Irudia: Hamaika Telebista)

Many social groups in Bizkaia have concentrated today in front of the government’s headquarters in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Four toilets have been installed on the ground and seated to indicate that the measurements leave them in underwear.

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