Overview

• Junts spokesperson Míriam Nogueras confirmed the party will back a total veto with PP and Vox, preventing the 37.5‑hour proposal from even entering debate and sending it back to the Government.
• The executive chose to keep today’s plenary vote to publicly fix each party’s stance despite anticipating defeat, framing the move as a way to “retrat” positions.
• Labour plans fallback steps outside the bill, including stricter digital time‑registration rules, and signals it will try to reintroduce the shorter‑week reform later.
• Congress separately validated the decree expanding paid parental and care leave to 19 weeks—32 for single‑parent families—with broad cross‑party support including the PP and an abstention from Vox.
• Junts argues the mandatory cut would burden SMEs in Catalonia and sought exemptions and incentives, while unions have called mobilizations as the episode underscores the Government’s tight parliamentary numbers.