Overview

• The Junta de Portavoces approved the new plenary calendar, leaving Thursday, September 11, free for the Catalan Diada.
• The first plenary of the session will be condensed into Tuesday and Wednesday, with Thursday’s business shifted to Wednesday afternoon.
• The government advanced to Wednesday the convalidation of a decree extending parental leave to 17 weeks, which must be ratified by September 11.
• Without Junts, the government counts 172 votes against 171 from PP, Vox and UPN, so full attendance is required, including José Luis Ábalos.
• ERC sources had warned of the risk of voting on the Diada, and the adjustment follows recent practice of two-day sittings and a prior weeklong suspension for the PP congress in Valencia.