Overview
- Junts deputy spokesperson Josep Maria Cruset urged Sánchez to stop "playing ostrich" and said there will be no step back from the party’s decision to block all government initiatives.
- Moncloa is preparing to table 2026 budgets loaded with major Catalan investments, such as upgrades to Rodalies, to raise the political cost for Junts of voting them down, according to government and coalition sources.
- Yolanda Díaz accused Junts of helping PP and Vox, warned that "who obstructs, pays," and argued the government can continue to govern under extended accounts.
- The PP plans to fast-track proposals on taxes, housing, okupación, energy and security to assemble alternative majorities with Vox and, where possible, Junts.
- IU leader Antonio Maíllo called to accelerate a unitary candidacy process on the left and to send the 2026 budgets to Congress, as the PP of Andalusia relaunches Juanma Moreno’s ‘vía andaluza’ with Isabel Díaz Ayuso canceling her appearance.