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Junts Escalates Standoff, Tells Zapatero It Will Withhold Budget Support Absent Concrete Concessions

The party now deems the mediator track exhausted, signaling a pivot to a more confrontational parliamentary strategy.

Irene Montero, candidata de Podemos a las generales, en una imagen de archivo.
La vicepresidenta primera del Gobierno y ministra de Hacienda, María Jesús Montero, atiende a los medios en Córdoba.
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Overview

  • Puigdemont conveyed to José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero that Junts will not back the 2026 state budgets or the spending cap unless pending accords with the PSOE are fulfilled.
  • Junts’ demands cited in the talks include migration competencies for Catalonia, full and effective application of the amnesty, special financing and debt relief for the region.
  • After a Switzerland meeting where Junts said negotiations were not progressing, Puigdemont called his party’s permanent committee to meet Monday in Waterloo to recalibrate tactics and “increase the offensive” in Madrid and the Catalan Parliament.
  • A joint PSOE–Junts bill to delegate immigration powers is expected to face defeat next week due to Podemos’ announced opposition, underscoring the coalition’s internal strains.
  • The government says it maintains a “diálogo fluido,” with María Jesús Montero and Félix Bolaños stressing discreet talks to attract Junts’ votes, as IU’s Antonio Maíllo warns against “failed leaderships,” highlighting broader left‑wing tensions.