Jorge Azcon On Friday, I presented the draft budget for 2026, which amounts to 9,145 million eurosThe highest-ranking figure in the history of Aragon. But the real news was behind the scenes: The Popular Party and Vox reopened negotiations Which seemed unworkable, to approve next year’s accounts.
If these connections flourish, Aragon It could save electoral progress This is something Azkun has already committed to, at least three times. The year 2026 will be his The second year without budgetsIn the event that an agreement is not reached.
PP’s Baron Aragon will adhere to the standards he imposes Alberto Nunez Viejo In the match. Two weeks are given to conclude the agreement. If not there White smoke Before the polls open in Extremadura on December 21, Azcon will sign Dissolution decree Curtis on December 22, with the Christmas Lottery in the background.
“Electoral calculations”
In this case, early regional elections They will be February 15thAs confirmed by sources close to the President of Aragon.
Accounts submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, Roberto Bermudez de Castrofor 2026 represents an increase of 599 million (+7%) compared to 2025 and a ceiling on non-financial expenditures of 7,979 million.
Regarding the environment of Azcon, we can talk about the budget “Wide and social”. But those around Fox consider these to be “electoral calculations,” that is, inflated, based on the president’s “electoral calculations.”
For the first time, the Ministry of Health will exceed 3000 million Health (+9%)which will allow building New Royo Vilanova Hospital And infrastructure modernization.
education It will reach 1,433 million (+7%), to promote progressively free education from 0 to 3 years and improve Teachers’ salaries.
promotion You will receive 304 million (+13%). Even them 20.5 million for housing30 million for the extraordinary highway plan and 20 million for transportation. Social care It will reach 547 million (+8%), to strengthen dependent care and expand housing.
The President’s Cabinet insists that it is the economic context that underpins budgetary strength: “Aragon records record volume of… Committed investments of €70,000 millionIt improved its credit rating and downgraded it Debt to GDP increased to 18.5%“says the spokesperson.
Talks with Fox have not officially begun yet, but will intensify next week “Either with national or regional Vox“, according to Azcon’s entourage. Of course, PP plays a double deck.
Double deck
On the one hand, Azcon prefers not to go to the polls that might surprise him. aspire to Maintain stability by reaching an agreementIn which “ideological issues will not constitute a real obstacle” to Fox, according to those around him.
But on the other hand, some opinion polls show this They worry about Santiago Abascal’s partyBecause the People’s Party is so strong that it would be enough to agree with the regionals.
The speech immigrant “and the opposition”Climate obsession 2030″ has already been assumed not only by the PP in Feijóo, but by the European PP Manfred Weber Since the last community elections in 2024. However, disagreements may arise in other aspects, such as canal digging, which depend on the Government of Spain.
Azcon A will start “Communications Tour” not only with Fox, but also with groups Parliamentarians who did not support 2024 budgets, including the Socialist Party.
The Aragonese president insists that he has “the obligation to present the main lines of the budget,” but realizes that “processing and approval requires a parliamentary majority.” And without an agreement Electoral progress ‘inevitable’ In 15 days.
The latest poll published by Sociometrica for EL ESPAÑOL essentially coincides with the internal polls of the People’s Party: it predicts a great result for Azcon, which could become The first president of the People’s Party to repeat his term in Aragon Throughout democracy.
Popularity alone They will far outnumber all leftists combinedaccording to these polls.
With this feature, Azcón could do without Vox They rule in agreement with the regionals in Aragon or with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “This is the goal”He is recognized as a close collaborator with the president.