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Podemos Backs Gipuzkoa’s 2026 Budget, Reshaping Pacts That Sideline EH Bildu

Álava faces a budget rollover unless a care‑home pay agreement unlocks Podemos’s support.

Overview

  • Elkarrekin Podemos has reached a deal with PNV and PSE to pass Gipuzkoa’s 2026 accounts, according to local reporting and party statements.
  • The agreement is framed by regional outlets as consolidating a new pattern of cross‑party pacts that leaves EH Bildu outside key deals despite its 2023 lead in Gipuzkoa.
  • Podemos spokesperson Miren Echeveste says the pact completes a leftward shift in the provincial administration following this year’s fiscal reform.
  • In Álava, Ramiro González’s executive has intensified talks with Elkarrekin Araba to secure backing and avoid extending last year’s budget.
  • Negotiations in Álava hinge on Podemos’s demand for a new labor agreement in private care residences, citing geriatric care workers earning about €600 less than counterparts in Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa.