Overview
- The organic law to transfer the AP-9 was published in the BOE after the Congreso approved it with PSOE, Sumar and BNG votes, but the Xunta refuses to proceed directly to the Comisión Mixta de Transferencias under the current text.
- President Alfonso Rueda announced Monday that he will ask the central government to convene a bilateral commission to review and try to recover the economic guarantees he says were removed during Madrid's parliamentary process.
- The Xunta says the disputed changes dilute guarantees on committed and future investments, the extension of user discounts, an extraordinary surcharge allowed to concessionaire Audasa and protections against costs if courts annul the concession extension.
- The PP used its Senate majority to add seven amendments aimed at restoring those guarantees but PSOE, Sumar and BNG rejected the changes when the law returned to Congress, leaving the published text unchanged.
- If the bilateral talks fail the Xunta could delay the transfer, a move that risks keeping toll control and investment decisions with the state and could expose Galician taxpayers to close to €4 billion in potential costs according to the regional government.