Overview
- The European Commission has registered a complaint by Junts and opened an expediente under DG HOME to examine the legality of Spain’s early‑2026 regularisation, a step the Commission notified to Junts on October 23 and reported in press on October 28, 2026.
- Junts filed the complaint in July arguing the government used a Royal Decree instead of a law, failed to notify the Commission, and thus may have violated EU procedures and obligations.
- The party also alleges the decree archives or revokes prior expulsion orders, lets some asylum applicants obtain residency without full protection checks, and omits a Catalan language link for beneficiaries in Catalonia.
- Administrative records show 1,174,968 applications were registered for the extraordinary regularisation, far above the Spanish government’s estimate of about 500,000 and with roughly 257,602 filed in Catalonia.
- Junts has one year to submit documentary evidence to the Commission; if DG HOME finds non‑compliance Brussels could start an infringement procedure, though residence permits already granted would not be automatically revoked and domestic courts remain a route for individual redress.