Overview
- Nearly all parliamentary groups have confirmed they will boycott Friday's Congress colloquium on the 50th anniversary, leaving only PSOE and PP in attendance.
- Vox says it will skip all related events this week, denouncing the program as a "sainete" and an "ode" to a "totalitarian" Sánchez government.
- The Congress session is billed as a low‑profile academic discussion moderated by Fernando Ónega and Iñaki Gabilondo with participants including Miquel Roca, Miguel Herrero de Miñón, Adela Cortina and Rosario García Mahamut.
- Juan Carlos I will not take part in the public acts on Friday but will fly in on Saturday for a same‑day, private family lunch at El Pardo, which La Zarzuela stresses is exclusively private and not part of the official commemorations.
- Friday's commemorations also include a Royal Palace ceremony where Felipe VI will award the Golden Fleece to Queen Sofía, Felipe González, Miguel Roca and Miguel Herrero de Miñón, and El Periódico reports that Pedro Sánchez will miss the Congress event due to G20 travel.