Overview

• Arnaldo Otegi expects the government to table its spending plan in Congress but argues approval is very difficult due to each party’s political interests and the absence of common glue.
• EH Bildu will attend the budget debate with the stated aim of preventing gains by the right and far right in Spain.
• Otegi describes the so‑called investiture bloc as inexistent, saying there was no agreed governing program binding its members.
• He cites alleged corruption cases involving former PSOE figures, including Santos Cerdán and José Luis Ábalos linked to the Koldo affair, as undercutting the rationale that the alternative is worse.
• He proposes reframing any early general election as a Basque and Navarrese contest with a minimal joint platform and shared lists, inviting PNV, Podemos, Geroa Bai and Sumar, while noting the timing of elections remains Pedro Sánchez’s decision.