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Junts Breaks With Sánchez, Vows to Block Most Government Bills

The party says a string of unfulfilled pledges to Catalonia leaves the government without the votes it needs.

Overview

  • In a forceful speech in Congress, spokesperson Míriam Nogueras told Pedro Sánchez that “this relationship is over” and accused him of having blocked the legislature.
  • Junts said it will veto virtually all government initiatives except measures already agreed, formalizing a near-total parliamentary blockade.
  • The rupture is tied to what Junts calls unmet commitments, including a multirecidivism law, action on illegal occupations, funding for ELA patients, publication of fiscal balances, and addressing Catalonia’s underfunding in the state budget.
  • The stance threatens the government’s working majority and raises the risk of legislative paralysis in Spain’s fragmented Parliament.
  • ERC’s Gabriel Rufián rebuked Junts in the same debate, accused the party of lying, and warned against any pact with the PP, claiming conservatives have courted Junts.