Overview

• Congress rejected the 37.5-hour workweek bill after total amendments from PP, Vox and Junts prevailed in a 178–170 vote.
• Yolanda Díaz accused Junts of siding with the most reactionary sectors of employers during a tense exchange with spokesperson Míriam Nogueras.
• PSOE’s María Jesús Montero said communication with Junts remains intact despite the clash over the bill.
• Sumar’s Verónica Martínez Barbero said Díaz emerges reinforced, vowed to try again this legislature and kept the door open to negotiating with Junts and even the PP.
• Sumar frames the measure as part of a broader debate on sharing productivity in the age of AI, while critics fault the government for moving forward without employer agreement and warn of costs for SMEs.