Overview

• The Partido Popular used its absolute majority to compel the Interior Minister’s appearance during the late‑August parliamentary recess.
• The PP accuses the Interior Ministry of negligence, citing the absence of a cross‑administration resource catalogue and the decision not to escalate the emergency to level 2, and it has intensified attacks on Civil Protection director Virginia Barcones, whom Elías Bendodo called a “pyromaniac.”
• The party seeks detailed explanations on coordination with regional and local authorities, deployment and response times, territorial distribution of assets, and prevention measures taken.
• Copernicus data place the burned area above 350,000 hectares nationwide, with scrutiny focused on hard‑hit Galicia, Castilla y León and Extremadura.
• Grande‑Marlaska follows Senate appearances by Defense Minister Margarita Robles and Ecological Transition Minister Sara Aagesen, Agriculture Minister Luis Planas is scheduled for Friday, and Marlaska and Aagesen will return to Congress next week at their own request.