Overview
- The Partido Popular (PP) will present a Senate motion on Tuesday urging the Government to submit the 2025 General State Budgets as required by Article 134.3 of the Spanish Constitution.
- The Government has been operating under prorogued 2022 budgets, a situation described as unprecedented and problematic given the current economic and parliamentary context.
- PP spokesperson Alicia García has criticized the delay as a breach of constitutional duty, accusing Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Finance Minister María Jesús Montero of undermining fiscal transparency.
- The Government maintains it will only present the budgets after securing sufficient political support to avoid legislative deadlock, a decision also questioned by allied parties Sumar and Podemos.
- The PP's motion also highlights the need for the budgets to include commitments to military and defense spending to meet Spain's international obligations.