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Politics & government fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about politics & government. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

12,754 published reviews in this topic

NewtralPolitics & government

ERC hemos votado 28 de los 29 reales decretos gratis. Todos menos el de los fondos buitre

Publisher’s rating: Verdad a medias

Gabriel Rufián made the claim during the second day of Pedro Sánchez’s investiture debate. He said ERC had voted for 28 of the government’s 29 decrees, except for the one he described as the “fondos buitre” decree. Newtral’s review compares that account with the decrees Sánchez’s government brought for parliamentary ratification; it identifies 35 in total, not 29. The article distinguishes 29 considered by the full Congress from six considered by the Permanent Deputation after the parliamentary chamber was dissolved for an election.

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

Claim: Dayanidhi Maran supports Chennai - Salem Expressway project

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned a social-media post alleging that DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran supported the proposed Chennai–Salem eight-lane road in Parliament, saying it would reduce travel time by two hours, while Union minister Nitin Gadkari laughed at him. The review describes the post as claiming that Maran said “சென்னை சேலம் 8 வழி பசுமை சாலை திட்டம் நிறைவேற்றப்பட்டால் வெறும் 2 மணி நேரம் மட்டுமே பயணம் காலம் இருக்கும்” and that Gadkari laughed. The review investigated what Maran actually said in the parliamentary exchange, rather than whether the road itself was desirable.

THE QUINTPolitics & government

The video shows Pakistani PM Imran Khan receiving a huge welcome in the United States.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The video was circulated with a caption placing it in the United States during Imran Khan’s visit, when he was due to hold talks with President Donald Trump. The review identifies the footage as a football crowd, not a gathering welcoming the Pakistani prime minister: it says the players are “vaguely visible on the big screen” in a stadium, and locates the video at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations final between Algeria and Senegal in Cairo, Egypt, on 20 July.

NewtralPolitics & government

Nada ha dicho de si va a cumplir con la equiparación salarial de las Fuerzas y Cuerpos de Seguridad del Estado que dejó aprobada el PP

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim attributed to Pablo Casado was that Sánchez had said nothing about whether he would honor the pay-equalization agreement for Spain’s National Police and Civil Guard that the PP government had approved. Newtral checked whether Sánchez’s government had in fact acted on that agreement. It describes the agreement as one signed by Mariano Rajoy’s government and Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido with police unions and Civil Guard associations, providing three pay increases over 2018, 2019 and 2020, totaling €807 million. The review’s key evidence is that Sánchez’s government retained the agreement. Newtral points to Royal Decree-Law 24/2018, approved by the government in December and validated by Congress on 22 January; Article 21 provided for measures to implement the agreement. The review also reports that the first increase appeared in agents’ October 2018 paychecks, including arrears from January, and that the second appeared in April 2019 paychecks. For those payment details, the article says it consulted ministry information and cites statements from the Unified Police Union and the Unified Association of Civil Guards. It also reports that the Secretary of State for Security had announced the second increase would begin in April and that official Interior Ministry sources confirmed the timing of both installments. On that evidence, the review rejects the implication that Sánchez’s government had not acted or committed to the agreement: it had maintained it and begun implementing its scheduled increases.

NewtralPolitics & government

Entiendo perfectamente que en la encuesta del CIS el ochenta y tantos por ciento de los ciudadanos digan que el principal problema son los políticos

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The review examines Margarita Robles’s statement, made in an interview on Antena 3’s Espejo Público, that “ochenta y tantos por ciento” of citizens said politicians were the country’s main problem. It compares that claim with results from CIS barometers, rather than treating the quoted figure as a general measure of all concerns about politics. [The article identifies the statement and interview and says it checked the latest CIS barometer.] For June 2019, the review reports that 14.4% named politicians, parties and politics as the first problem facing Spain. It separately reports 10.9% naming them as the second problem and 6.8% as the third. Those are distinct response rankings; the “first problem” figure directly addresses the claim’s wording and is far below “eighty-something percent.” The review also gives comparison figures for the same first-problem measure: 11.5% in May, 13.1% in April and 12.8% in March. It notes that unemployment—not politicians—was the leading first-problem response in June, at 41.2%; 62.5% included unemployment among the main problems. The review says it contacted the PSOE to ask what data Robles had relied on, but received no response.