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Photos capturing moments in government sessions with officials engaged in discussions and presentations, highlighting the political and legislative environment.

Madrid, 16/10/2024. Congress of Deputies. Plenary session of control of the Government. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 17/07/2024. Pedro Sánchez presents the plan for democratic regeneration in the Congress of Deputies. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 15/11/2023. Congress of Deputies. First session of the investiture debate of Pedro Snchez. Photo: ngel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 12/15/2015. Press conference by Miguel Gutierrez, general secretary of the parliamentary group of Citizens in the Congress of Deputies. Photo: Oscar del Pozo ARCHDC.

Questions to the Prime Minister, debate on business financing and discussion on the dematerialization of civil status. National Assembly. Paris. Ile-de-France. 2024-06-05.

Madrid, 07/13/2018. Interview with Pedro Saura, Secretary of State for Infrastructure. Photo: Guillermo Navarro ARCHDC.

Madrid, 02/14/2023. Congress of Deputies. Meeting of the Board and Board of Spokespersons both chaired by Meritxell Batet. Press conference by Néstor Rego, Errejón and Gabriel Rufián. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

11/15/2013. Jose Ramon Bauza, president of the Balearic government during a Parliamentary plenary session. Archdc. Photo: Joan Llado.

Madrid. September 1, 2014. Press conference by Pedro Sanchez at the Psoe headquarters. Photo Oscar del Pozo Archdc.

Madrid, 01/30/2024. Plenary session in Congress to vote on the amnesty law. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Olaf Scholz (SPD), Bundeskanzler, aufgenommen im Rahmen seiner Regierungserklaerung im Deutschen Bundestags zur Lage in Israel. Berlin, 12.10.2023

Madrid, 02/03/2022. Plenary session of the Congress of Deputies. Voting on the Labor Reform. Photo: Isabel Permuy. ARCHDC.

At the European Parliament in Brussels, Extraordinary Conference of Presidents following the "sofagate" in Turkey. Brussels on 13/04/2021.Au Parlement Europeen a Bruxelles, Conference des Presidents extraordinaire suite au " sofagate " en Turquie. Bruxelles le 13/04/2021.

(L-R) Hubertus Heil (SPD), Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, and Nancy Faeser (SPD), Federal Minister of the Interior and Home Affairs, recorded during the debate in the German Bundestag on skilled labour immigration. Berlin, 23.06.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

Plenary session of January 2021 in the European Parliament. Brussels on 20/01/2021.Session pleniere de Janvier 2021 au Parlement Europeen. Bruxelles le 20/01/2021.

(R-L) Friedrich Merz, CDU-Parteivorsitzender, und Olaf Scholz (SPD), Bundeskanzler, aufgenommen im Rahmen einer Sitzung des Deutschen Bundestages in Berlin, 13.12.2023

Madrid, 02/22/2022. Plenary session of the Madrid City Council chaired by the mayor, José Luis Martínez Almeida. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President, Greens During his Speech in Parliament Opening Session to Double Budget for the Years 2025 2026 The State Parliament of Baden Württemberg Debates The Most Important Interior Budget of the State Ministry 109 Plenary Session State Parliament of Baden Württemberg 11 12 2024, Stuttgart, Baden

(R-L) Olaf Scholz (SPD), Bundeskanzler, Robert Habeck (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesminister fuer Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz und Vizekanzler, und Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, aufgenommen im Rahmen einer Sitzung des Deutschen B

Madrid, 11/16/2018. Appointments Advisory Commission in the Congress of Deputies for the election of members of the General Council of the Judiciary, in the image the candidate José Ricardo de Prada Solaesa. Photo: Oscar del Pozo ARCHDC.

Madrid, 09/26/2023. Investiture plenary session of the PP candidate, Alberto Núñez Feijóo. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Olaf Scholz (SPD), Bundeskanzler, aufgenommen im Rahmen seiner Regierungserklaerung anlaesslich der bevorstehenden Sitzung des Europaeischen Rates. Berlin, 13.12.2023

Madrid, 17/07/2024. Pedro Sánchez presents the plan for democratic regeneration in the Congress of Deputies. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the UN Security Council meeting on Climate and Security at the United Nations in New York, New York, on September 23, 2021.

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Madrid, 22/02/2022. Plenary session of the Madrid City Council chaired by the mayor, José Luis Martínez Almeida. In the image, the mayor's press conference to present his resignation as spokesperson for the PP. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Valencia, 07/07/2021. The spokesperson for the Pspv-Psoe, Manolo Mata, in the Valencian Cortes. Photo: Rober Solsona. Archdc.

Madrid, 10/13/2022. Session in the Congress of Deputies to report on the European Council meeting on October 7 and to report on the economic and social measures adopted by the Government to respond to the crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. Photo: Jaime Garca. ARCHDC.

Seville, 25/10/2014. Plenary session on budgets in the Parliament of Andalusia. Photo: Raúl Doblado. ARCHSEV.

Questions to the Prime Minister, debate on business financing and discussion on the dematerialization of civil status. National Assembly. Paris. Ile-de-France. 2024-06-05.

Madrid, 12/20/2023. Full appearance of the President of the Government to take stock of the Spanish presidency of the EU. Plenary control session of the Government in the Plenary Session of the Congress of Deputies and urgent interpellations. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 12/06/2024. Plenary session of the Congress of Deputies. Government control session. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 01/20/2016. Interview with Rafael Hernando, spokesperson for the PP in the Congress of Deputies. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

Madrid, 04/11/2023. Moncloa Palace. Press conference following the meeting of the Council of Ministers with the Second Vice President Yolanda Díaz and the Ministers, Pilar Alegría and Isabel Rodríguez, which was attended by the Secretary of State for Communication, Francesc Vallès. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 02/15/2020. Meeting of the federal committee of the Psoe Chaired by Pedro Sánchez. Photo: Maya Balanya. Archdc.

11/04/2014. Seville, 01/11/2019. Press conference by Susana Díaz at the regional headquarters of the Psoe on San Vicente Street. Photo: Juan Flores Archsev.

Dirk Wiese, SPD, spricht in der Debatte zum Europaeischen Rat im Bundestag

Yannick Bury, Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages (CDU CSU), aufgenommen im Rahmen der Haushaltsdebatte im Deutschen Bundestag in Berlin, 07.09.2023

Madrid, 08/22/2023. Congress of Deputies. Press conference by the leader of Vox Santiago Abascal after his round of consultations with His Majesty King Felipe VI for the investiture debate. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

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Madrid, 01/04/2020. First day of the investiture debate for the presidency of the Government with a speech by the PSOE candidate, Pedro Sánchez. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 11/15/2023. Congress of Deputies. First session of the investiture debate of Pedro Sánchez. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Madrid, May 21, 2025. Congress of Deputies. Plenary session to oversee the Government and make urgent interpellations. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Dr. Hans Ulrich Rülke, Chairman of the FDP DVP State Parliagenary Group Opening Session to Discuss the Double Budget for 2025 2026 The State Parliament of Baden Württemberg Debates The Most Important Individual Budget, The Budget of the State Ministry 109 Plenary Session State Parliament of Badenberg 11 12 2024, Stuttgart, Baden Württemberg, Germany

Daily life in the European Parliament of Brussels, Belgium. Vie quotidienne dans le Parlement Europeen de Bruxelles, Belgique.

Zaragoza May 12, 2011 Emilio Botín, president of Banco Santander and Universia, chairs the shareholders meeting held in the Auditorium of the University photo Fabián Simón archdc.

Christian Duerr, Fraktionsvorsitzender FDP, spricht in der Debatte zum Europaeischen Rat im Bundestag

Madrid, 02/20/2020. Plenary session in the Congress of Deputies. Photo: Ignacio Gil. Archdc.

Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President, Greens During his Speech in Parliament Opening Session to Double Budget for the Years 2025 2026 The State Parliament of Baden Württemberg Debates The Most Important Interior Budget of the State Ministry 109 Plenary Session State Parliament of Baden Württemberg 11 12 2024, Stuttgart, Baden

Madrid, 11/21/2023. José Miñones transfers his portfolio to the incoming Minister of Health, Mónica García. Photo: Tania Sieira. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 03/24/2021. Congress of Deputies. Full control session to the Government. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 28/01/2025. Extraordinary plenary session in the Senate in which the Government is urged to hold an extraordinary Council of Ministers. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Barcelona, 05/13/2021. Plenary of Parliament. Control session to the acting Government. Photo: Inés Baucells. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 10/06/2020. Congress of Deputies. Appearance before the Economic Affairs Commission of the governor of the Bank of Spain, Pablo Hernández de Cos. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 2008.

Madrid, 02/27/2020. Congress of Deputies. Debate on the budget stability objective (expenditure ceiling). Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 29/02/2024. Congress of Deputies. Plenary session. Debates in full. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Pays-Bas, La Haye le 07/09/2021. Au parlement des Pays-Bas, debat suite au rapportfinale de l informatrice pour la formation du nouveau gouvernement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.Netherlands, The Hague on 07/09/2021. In the Dutch parliament, debate following the final report of the informant for the formation of the new government. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.

Madrid, 11/09/2024. Congress of Deputies. Plenary session of government control. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Foreign Ministers of the P5 Nations, at the United Nations, in New York City, New York, on September 22, 2021.

Madrid, 06/06/2018. Local Security Board between the City Council and the Government Delegation. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

(R-L) Olaf Scholz (SPD), Bundeskanzler, und Robert Habeck (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesminister fuer Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz und Vizekanzler, aufgenommen im Rahmen der Sitzung des Deutschen Bundestags zur Lage in Israel. Berlin, 12.10.2023

Madrid, 11/15/2023. Congress of Deputies. First session of the investiture debate of Pedro Sánchez. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 02/03/2022. Plenary session of the Congress of Deputies. Voting on the Labor Reform. Photo: Isabel Permuy. ARCHDC.

Netherlands, The Hague, 18/01/2022. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte presents the new government to the Dutch Parliament called Tweede Kamer. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Pays-Bas, La Haye, le 18/01/2022. Le Premier Ministre des Pays-Bas Mark Rutte presente le nouveau gouvernement au Parlement neerlandais appele Tweede Kamer. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Madrid, June 10, 2025. Government oversight session in the Senate. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. Archdc.

Madrid, 04/28/2015. Government control session in the Senate with the presence of the President of the Government Mariano Rajoy. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Johannes Fechner, Member of the German Bundestag (SPD), delivers a speech in the plenary session of the German Bundestag in Berlin, 14 March 2024

Madrid, 10/30/2024. Congress of Deputies. Full session of control of the Government. The control session is suspended due to the DANA. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Hubertus Heil (SPD), Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, and Marco Buschmann (FDP), Federal Minister of Justice, pictured in the German Bundestag in Berlin, 15/03/2024

Janosch Dahmen, Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen, aufgenommen im Rahmen einer Rede zur 144. Sitzung des 20. Deutschen Bundestages in Berlin, 14.12.2023. Berlin, 14.12.2023

Plenary session at the European Parliament. Brussels on 09/02/2021.Session pleniere au Parlement Europeen. Bruxelles le 09/02/2021.

Madrid, 10/20/2015. Chamber of the Congress of Deputies empty. In the image, Dolors Monserrat. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Boris Pistorius (SPD), Bundesminister der Verteidigung, aufgenommen im Rahmen einer Regierungsbefragung im Bundestag. Berlin, 29.11.2023

Plenary session of October 2020 at the European Parliament in Brussels.Seance pleniere d'Octobre 2020 au Parlement Europeen a Bruxelles.

Madrid, 19/12/2024. Congress of Deputies. Plenary session. Plenary opinions and amendments. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

03/26/2003. Barcelona 03/26/03.....Control session in the Parliament...Ftos.Elena Carreras...Archdc.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press conference with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo, in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 17, 2021.

Madrid, 05/03/2017. Debate of the General State Budgets in the Congress of Deputies. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

France, Brittany, Saint-Brieuc, 12/02/2022. As part of Eric Zemmour's presidential campaign, support meeting for the Reconquete ! party in the presence of Jean Messiha and Jacline Mouraud. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Saint-Brieuc, le 12/02/2022. Dans le cadre de la campagne presidentielle de Eric Zemmour, meeting de soutien du parti Reconquete ! en presence de Jean Messiha et de Jacline Mouraud. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

(R-L) Olaf Scholz (SPD), Bundeskanzler, Robert Habeck (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesminister fuer Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz und Vizekanzler, und Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, aufgenommen im Rahmen einer Sitzung des Deutschen B

Madrid, 04/18/2024. Plenary session of the Madrid Assembly. Photo: Jaime García. Archdc.

Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, bei der Debatte zum Nachtragshaushaltsgesetztes im Deutschen Bundestag

EU ministers of European Affairs hold an informal video conference, on 20 April 2021. The meeting is chaired by Ana Paula ZACARIAS, Secretary of State for European Affairs of Portugal, from Brussels. Ministers connect from their capitals to discuss EU-UK relations, the launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe, the rule of law and the Covid-19 EU coordination. Furthermore, the Presidency briefs on the state of play of the Enlargement and Stabilisation and Association Process. Brussels the 20/04/2021.Les ministres des Affaires europeennes de l'UE tiennent une vidéoconference informelle, le 20 avril 2021. La réunion est presidee par Ana Paula ZACARIAS, secretaire d'etat aux affaires europeennes du Portugal, depuis Bruxelles. Les ministres se connectent depuis leur capitale pour discuter des relations entre l'UE et le Royaume-Uni, du lancement de la conférence sur l'avenir de l'Europe, de l'Etat de droit et de la coordination Covid-19 de l'UE. En outre, la présidence fait le point

Madrid, 09/10/2024. Congress of Deputies. Plenary session. Appearance of the President of the Government and subsequent control session. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 02/05/2013. Control session in the Senate. Photo: Ángel de Antonio Archdc.

Barcelona, 07/06/2017. The CUP representative Joan Suqué Puig Serra, during the plenary session of the Ciudad Vieja district. Photo: Oriol Campuzano ARCHDC.

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, at the European Parliament for the presentation of the annual report. Brussels, 08/02/2021.Christine Lagarde, Presidente de la Banque Centrale Europeenne, au Parlement Europeen pour la presentation du rapport annuel. Bruxelles, 08/02/2021.

Robert Habeck (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesminister fuer Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz und Vizekanzler, sitzt auf der Regierungsbank, im Bundestag. Berlin, 30.11.2023

Barcelona, 02/12/2018. The State Attorney General, Julián Sánchez Melgar, has presided over the inauguration of the Chief Prosecutor of Barcelona, Concepción Talón, and the Chief Prosecutor of Catalonia, Francisco Bañeres. Photo: Inés Baucells. ARCHDC.

Madrid, February 21, 2013. Debate on the state of the Nation. In the Image: Olaia Fernandez Galician nationalist bloc. Photo: Ignacio Gil .....Archdc..... Ignacio Gil.

Barcelona. 11/26/2014. Plenary Parliament of Catalonia. Control Session. Artur Mas Government. Govern. Photos Ines Baucells. Archdc.

Karl Lauterbach (SPD), Bundesminister fuer Gesundheit, aufgenommen im Rahmen der Haushaltsdebatte im Deutschen Bundestag in Berlin, 07.09.2023

Zaragoza, 07/23/2021. The president of Aragón, Javier Lambán, takes stock of management in the mid-term of the legislature together with the vice president and advisor of Industry, Arturo Aliaga, the advisors of Vertebration, José Luis Soro, and of Science, Maru Díaz, and the rest of the cabinet . Photo: Fabián Simón. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 11/26/2024. Madrid Assembly. Press conference of the leader of the Psm, Juan Lobato. Photo: Jaime García. Archdc.

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, at a meeting of the Council for External Relations in Brussels. Here with the Foreign Minister of Romania, Bogdan Aurescu, Brussels, Belgium, Europe

Opening Session to Discuss the Double Budget for 2025 2026 Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President, Greens the State Parliament of Baden Württemberg DEMAST Important individual budget, the budget of the state ministry session State Parliament of Baden Württemberg 11 12 2024, Stuttgart, Baden Württemberg, Germany

Madrid, 02/12/2022. Congress of Deputies. First day of Open Doors chaired by Meritxell Batet. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid. September 22, 2014. Press conference by Maria Dolores de Cospedal at the PP headquarters. photo Oscar del Pozo Archdc.

Koenig & Bauer in Radebeul, Radebeul, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Auftaktsitzung zur Beratung des Doppelhaushalts für die Jahre 2025/2026. Anton Baron, MdL, Fraktionssprecher der Partei AfD. Der Landtag von Baden-Württemberg debattiert über den wichtigsten Einzelplan, den Haushalt des Staatsministeriums. 109. Plenarsitzung. Landtag von Baden-Württemberg. // 11.12.2024, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland *** Kick-off meeting to discuss the double budget for the years 2025 2026 Anton Baron, Member of Parliament, Spokesperson of the AfD party The State Parliament of Baden Württemberg debates the most important individual budget, the budget of the State Ministry 109 Plenary session State Parliament of Baden Württemberg 11 12 2024, Stuttgart, Baden Württemberg, Germany

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