The government continues to ignore persistent attacks by the Junts, which on Wednesday once again saw the death of its parliamentary relationship with the SWP. While Miriam Nogueras described Sánchez as a “cynic” and a “hypocrite” in Congress, the Finance Ministry took a step and convened the Policy and Fiscal Council (CPFF), the first step to implementing the 2026 budget. From there, Moncloa is exposed to a series of votes that could end in defeat if Juntes sticks to his position. In any case, government sources insist that the public accounts will reach Congress “With or without” the support of independentsAlthough they have not indicated whether they will do so before the end of the year, as Sanchez promised.
The executive authority is fully aware of this They don’t have everything to do public accountsBut the president and his ministers left it to the newspaper library to submit the 2026 numbers to Congress, so that the accounts could arrive. They will do so late with regard to the constitutional mandate, but, as stated by the Ministry of María Jesús Montero, “Everything takes time”. Moncloa has been counting on time for weeks to repeatedly extend the date of the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council, which will finally be held next Monday.
Ironically, the call for this first step to submit the draft budget was announced during a debate in Congress. A tense face-to-face between Sanchez and the Junts spokespersonMiriam Nogueras. It was the first time that both had debated in Parliament in a few weeks, as former President Carles Puigdemont had engineered his party’s break with the executive, and Nogueras resorted to his harshest language and personal accusations – going so far as to call Sánchez a “hypocrite and a cynic” – to make it clear that “this relationship”, which the independents and the Monclós had maintained with many fluctuations since the beginning of the legislature, “It’s over” due to “non-compliance”.
The true scope of this rhetorical clash, and more generally of the announcements of Güntz’s separation from the government that have occurred in recent weeks, can be gauged this Thursday, when the independents will have to decide… If they support the PP amendment This would delay the closure of nuclear power plants, thus undermining one of the pillars of the energy policy pursued by the executive authority. But the truth is that Wednesday’s session was not entirely easy for Sánchez, who saw how Nogueras responded to his numerous attempts to calm anger towards the separatists by accusing the president that “the only thing that matters to him is power.”
To exemplify these alleged violations of the agreements the executive signed with the Junts, Nogueras presented a long list of Rules that have been blocked for some time Or they didn’t move forward. Among them, the spokesman spoke of many things that are very difficult to assume for the progressive formations that support the government, and even, depending on the points, for the executive branch itself. This is the case Junts Law Proposed on Multiple Recidivism – “The Catalans are not guaranteed security on the streets because the law has been blocked,” criticized Nogueras – or the law that would tighten penalties and accelerate evictions in the event of “illegal seizure” of homes that are not a first or second home, which are already subject to a much more flexible mechanism than the rest.
Bringing these rules to the fore helped Nogueras reinforce the message that Sánchez was failing to fulfill his obligations to Juntes, although the spokesperson also accused the president of also violating his word through laws promoted by the government itself, which “They say publicly it’s very important and urgent“But the fact is that they have frozen them and only take them out for a walk when they want a headline.” “You talked about the Family Code, the Universal Health Act or the Protection of Minors in the Digital Environment Act: what family law are they talking to us about, if they have registered it for two years and extended the deadline for amendments for 63 consecutive weeks to keep it frozen?”
The government ignores orders and continues with the road map
Sánchez’s reaction to the recent reverberations of Juntes’ closing the door can be summed up as that the government does not believe a complete break with government is worth it for the independents. The President compared the model of executive power with that of the PP and Vox, and explained the only two options, in his view, for Juntes: to negotiate with the PSOE to bring “more prosperity and autonomy” to Catalonia or to participate in the “blockade” of the PP and Vox. “My group needs your votes, but your group also needs ours“Or will you negotiate with those who despise Catalan identity, ban the Catalan language and put an end to autonomy?” He threw them.
The truth is that Moncloa insists that it will not deviate from its road map because of Gaunt. A good example of this is the CPFF’s call for next week and the approval of the deficit path in the next Cabinet. This activates a series of sounds: The deficit path itself, which may lead to a second vote if the majority overthrows the first vote; And the budgets that Puigdemont has already announced that he will reject.
But before all this, they have other parliamentary tests ahead of them, such as what happened on Thursday with the People’s Party’s amendment to postpone the closure of nuclear plants. Moncloa’s sources ignore this amendment, claiming that in their opinion it has “no political connection.” They remember that nothing will change if companies do not ask to extend the productive life of these plants. In fact, they not only downplay this possible parliamentary defeat at the hands of Gontz, but confirm that they spoke to them about this matter despite the collapse of the dialogue announced by Puigdemont two weeks ago.
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