Spanish political life today revolves around some audios in which Leire Díez, a PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) member who has held senior positions in various state-controlled companies (Correos, ENUSA…), offers a businessman who fled Spanish justice a favorable deal from the prosecutor’s office if he reveals information that could compromise the head of the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard. The UCO is the unit working with…

While the president of the government negotiates in Brussels for the rearmament of the European Union, which is strongly opposed by his coalition partners, in the Congress of Deputies, the PSOE loses vote after vote, losing the support of Junts (the party of Puigdemont) in some cases, ERC (the party of Oriol Junqueras) in others, and Sumar, the party led by Yolanda Díaz, the vice president of the government.In one…

There are no budgets, nor does the government expect there to be any, at least in the short term. The unblocking of dialogue with Junts, in exchange for new concessions such as shared competencies in immigration, has not managed to clear a legislature that is ‘barren in substantial reforms’… ‘The government’s major announcements, such as the reduction of working hours, housing assistance measures, the democratic regeneration plan, or the modernization…

Junts (Puigdemont’s party) rejected yesterday in Congress the ‘omnibus’ decree that included the revaluation of pensions, the extension of transport discounts, and aid for those affected by the DANA. However, the measure also contained other types of initiatives that it would have been incomprehensible for the political right to support, such as the suspension of evictions during 2025, which facilitates squatting. The rejection highlights the parliamentary weakness of the Executive…