
Good morning. We begin the story of political news this Thursday, marked by the celebration of the last plenary session of the year in Congress, during which important votes will take place. First, the path to stability, the general government debt and deficit targets for the period 2026-28. It will surely be a new defeat for the government, since, like two weeks ago, it will be rejected with the votes of the PP, Vox and Junts. Despite its predictable rejection, the vote will put an end to the procedures prior to the budgets and will leave the Government free to present the 2026 accounts.
The increase in civil servants’ salaries agreed between the government and the unions, which could be achieved with the abstention of the PP, has more possibilities. Likewise, the favorable vote of Puigdemont’s party could lead to an extension of the entry into force of the Verifactu system for invoicing independent workers.
On the other hand, the businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés, investigated in the trial against Begoña Gómez, wife of the president of the government, will testify before the Senate commission of inquiry into the Koldo affair. Being the subject of a judicial investigation, it is predictable that he will refuse to testify.