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Government Approves Draft Law Presuming Imputability for 14–18‑Year‑Olds

Aiming to ease juvenile investigations by shifting the burden of proof to defendants, the measure now goes to Parliament for debate.

Spain Locks In State Share of Care Funding as Congress Approves Dependency Reform

Congress Committee Approves Law Requiring State to Cover 50% of Long‑Term Care Costs

Congress Advances Major Reform of Spain’s Dependency System

CDMX Promulgates Law to Create Public System of Care

Government Publishes Draft National Rules for Rural and Gaeltacht Housing

DWP Given New Powers to Recover Benefit Debts

Mexico City Lawmakers Send Proposal to Expand Paternity Leave as IMCO Lays Out Costs

Swedish Man Sentenced to Four Years for Forcing Wife Into Prostitution

STF Removes Age Minimum for Aposentadoria Especial

France Caps Sick Leave at 31 Days with 62‑Day Extension Limit

Union Divides Over Planned Expansion of the Mütterrente

German Government Advances Limited Reform of Anti‑Discrimination Law

Berlin Greens and Left Demand Changes to Draft Violence-Help Law

Prien Proposes Shorter Elterngeld Period in Exchange for Higher Monthly Payments

STF Removes Age Minimum for Brazil's Special Retirement

Utah Marks 25 Years of Newborn Safe Haven Law

Knesset Sends Daycare-Subsidy Bill Forward as Religious Zionists Refuse to Back It

Catalonia Parliament Approves Law Recognising Third Social Sector

Spain Pushes Back Vote on Bill Letting Mutualists Switch to Public Pensions