Carmen Calvo Starts Process to Remove De la Vega from Council of State
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Carmen Calvo is a Spanish politician. She has started a legal process. She wants to remove María Teresa Fernández de la Vega from her job.
De la Vega was once vice-president of Spain. Now she has a seat in the Council of State. This is a job for life.
De la Vega has been sick for a long time. Because of this, Carmen Calvo wants to say De la Vega cannot do the job anymore. This is called being incapacitated.
A journalist named Ketty Garat wrote about this story. She says Calvo wants De la Vega's job for herself.
The Council of State is an important group in Spain. It gives advice to the government. People do not leave this job easily.
Vocabulary15 words
- vice-president
- a person who helps the top leader; second in charge
- Council of State
- a group in Spain that gives advice to the government
- incapacitated
- not able to work or do a job anymore
- process
- steps to do something official
- politician
- a person who works in government
- seat
- a place or position in a group
- sick
- not feeling well; ill
- government
- the group that runs a country
- job for life
- a position you keep until you die or leave
- journalist
- a person who writes news
- advice
- telling someone what to do
- remove
- to take away or make someone leave
- important
- very needed or big
- leader
- the person in charge
- story
- news about something that happened
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1. Carmen Calvo 2. The Council of State 3. She has been sick for a long time
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Carmen Calvo is a Spanish _____. She has started a legal _____.
De la Vega was once _____ of Spain. Now she has a seat in the _____.
De la Vega has been _____ for a long time.
Carmen Calvo wants to say De la Vega cannot do the job anymore. This is called being _____.
A _____ named Ketty Garat wrote about this story.
The Council of State is an _____ group in Spain.
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