Overview

• The plenary voted down Vox’s non-binding motion to bar the Islamic veil across Community-run buildings and spaces, including schools, universities, hospitals, sports facilities and playgrounds.
• The Partido Popular opposed the blanket prohibition as unconstitutional, with regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso calling the proposal “fraudulent.”
• The PP outlined an alternative position focused on security concerns over full-face coverings such as the burka or balaclavas and on leaving dress policies to individual schools.
• PSOE and Más Madrid denounced Vox’s initiative during the debate, characterizing it as racist and sexist, as tensions flared on the Assembly floor.
• Vox argued the veil is a misogynistic tool of Islamism and linked the issue to immigration, citing a 91% figure from Catalonia, but the vote leaves no regulatory change in Madrid.