The government is trying to continue walking in the minefield that the legislature has become. President He seeks to restore political initiativeBut the lack of a parliamentary majority – which was evident again with the failure of the elections … The path to stability, and above all the judicial agenda, forces us to recalculate the strategy at a forced pace. Last week, Pedro Sánchez recorded the darkest days of his term, a series of political and judicial blows that force us to respond. As ABC learned, The head of the executive branch has given his instructions to his ministers: Rule without parliament. This is an ambition that the Socialist leader himself has already expressed in the Federal Committee of the Socialist Workers’ Party, where he stressed that it would continue “with or without the assistance of the legislative authority.”
Sources consulted at the highest level confirm that the President has asked his government to expedite all cases in their portfolio that meet two conditions. the first, Which has a strong electoral impactThat is, they are profitable at the ballot box. Second, that You don’t have to go through the House of Representatives to get approval. If a discrepancy occurs between the two orders, that is, if the voter considers something necessary or preferable, but does not have sufficient support to approve it, the order is also put to a vote in the Cortes, with the aim of “imaging” those parties – and especially if it exposes the party of the people – that opposed positive action for the citizens.
“We are in discount time”
This strategy actually began to be implemented last week, and amid the fallout from the imprisonment of José Luis Albalos and defeat in Congress, the government announced that pensions would rise by 2.7% in 2026 after inflation data in November. This translates into an additional €572 increase for 6.5 million pensioners, the likely voting place for the Socialists. In the same vein, December salaries will bring a major incentive to civil servants, after the executive branch agreed with unions to increase the salaries of 3.5 million public employees. More than 11% until 2028, representing a 2.9% increase in purchasing power in this period. In the same vein, and still pending announcement is the next increase in the minimum wage.
The three initiatives related to improving income meet the two requirements imposed by the President: These are measures that avoid parliamentary approval and allow support for beneficiary sectors to gain loyalty.. The government plans to use this issue as a weapon for political confrontation, and is already subjecting it to comparison between the People’s Party models. Socialist sources confirm that they focus on “protecting what belongs to everyone, from what the People’s Party was doing.” “We reversed the PP cuts,” they boast.a line used by Sánchez himself in his last parliamentary appearance, in which he established himself as opposition leader against popular regional presidents.
In contrast, there are also recent examples of such initiatives being won on the street and managing to flourish in Parliament. This is the case for the ALS Act and Dana’s fourth aid package, which were approved on “Black Thursday” despite the lack of any media impact. In both cases, there were no dissent that could be exploited against those who boycotted its approval. It is also present in the wallet Reform dependency and disability lawspromoted by Minister Pablo Postenduy, which plans to increase benefits and reduce bureaucracy.
Fuel boxes
The initiative that has no signs of success, after the break with Gontz, is budgets. However, although in Moncloa they have decided, for the moment, to go to the end of exaggeration, and are prepared to die on the beach of Carrera de San Jeronimo, they are playing with a wild card in their favour: European money. The fuel to continue browsing instability is the lack of public accounts and that does not affect the economic situation. In Moncloa they proudly show that the best of European manna drainage is yet to come. They schedule the final fireworks for the execution in June 2026, thus effectively recognizing its impact on citizens. In terms of numbers, Spain still has to allocate about a third of the funds and will have to make an additional effort in the next seven months.
In parallel, budget fantasies will remain alive, and when the time comes, the nuclear button will be activated. With investment partners increasingly showing greater distance from the government, Moncloa is trying to stall and stresses that it is common for such distraction to occur at a time of electoral tension. “We are in overtime.”