Overview
- The amendment fell by 172 votes to 171 with seven abstentions, after Junts withheld support and proved decisive to the outcome.
- Extremaduran PSOE deputies voted against the PP proposal and applauded the result, prompting PP accusations of betrayal toward the region.
- PP leaders said the vote risks supply and raises bills, and they are elevating Almaraz in the 21 December regional race, with Alberto Núñez Feijóo set to rally in Lobón.
- PSOE regional leader Miguel Ángel Gallardo defended the vote as rejecting PP demagoguery and asserted Almaraz will stay open, though no formal prolongation has been granted.
- The plant’s owners recently filed to extend operations to 30 June 2030, leaving the decision to regulators and the government as Unit I faces a 1 November 2027 shutdown and Unit II a 31 October 2028 date.