The Congressional Council, with a majority composed of the PSOE and Sumar, accepted on Tuesday evening the letter of disagreement that the Government presented against an amendment that the PP approved in the Senate aimed at reducing VAT on meat, fish, canned goods, milk and eggs and whose ratification was going to be voted on this Thursday in plenary.
The measure was introduced as part of the implementation of the Customer Service Act and reduced VAT on meat, fish and canned goods to 4% between January 1, 2026 and June 30, and removed this tax on milk, cheese, eggs, fruit, vegetables and legumes for the same period.
The government has already attempted to veto this amendment to the Customer Service Act in the Senate, taking advantage of the power granted to it by the Constitution to prevent the adoption of any legislative measure that would involve “an increase in appropriations or a reduction in budget revenues.” The Executive argued that this measure would result in a loss of resources for the General Administration of the State of 3.780 million euros.
Senate veto ignored
However, the table in the Upper House of the Senate is dominated by the PP and ignored the letter of disagreement, so the amendment continued its parliamentary treatment without problems in the Upper House and was approved in plenary.
Until it reached Congress, where the government once again vetoed the amendment in question, citing the same budgetary reasons. But this time the table in the Lower House is dominated by the PSOE and Sumar and the veto was accepted after a meeting that took place after the plenary session.
The Lower House has already vetoed amendments approved by the Senate several times during this legislature, as was the case for the law on food waste or the law on air navigation. In both cases, the Senate opened a conflict of powers on which the Constitutional Court will ultimately rule.
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