The Secretary of State for Public Function, Consuelo Sánchez Naranjo, formally offered the trade unions a salary increase of 10% on Wednesday, covering the period from this year (2025) until 2028. A day later, to overcome resistance and after consulting with the Treasury, she raised the offer to 11%, which, according to the UGT union, is actually 11.5%. This averages out to almost 3% annually over four years, while the European Central Bank’s inflation target is 2%.
This will structurally increase public spending by more than €22 billion, but it does not seem to be a problem for the Government, as the Treasury confirms its support for the negotiation.
As reported by the newspaper El Mundo, a regional Treasury councilor summarized the offer as: “I invite, you pay,” given that the agreement reached by the current Government would also extend into another legislative term, as it is prolonged throughout 2027 and 2028.
