Overview
- PP secretary general Miguel Tellado announced the Senate commission will call ex–Moncloa official Francisco ‘Paco’ Salazar, with his appearance scheduled before the February 8 Aragón vote.
- The PP will also summon former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero after the Audiencia Nacional opened preliminary inquiries following a Hazte Oír complaint alleging ties to Nicolás Maduro, a step that remains at an initial stage.
- Recent investigative developments cited by the PP include the UDEF detention of businessman Julio Martínez Martínez in an operation linked to Plus Ultra.
- Regional finance chiefs from PP‑led governments will attend the January 14 CPFF meeting to hear details of the plan outlined by María Jesús Montero, while warning they oppose the model’s ordinality for Catalonia and may stage a protest walkout before any vote.
- Alberto Núñez Feijóo has convened PP regional presidents for a January 18 summit in Aragón to finalize a common alternative centered on more funds for all territories, ‘zero underfunding,’ multilateral negotiation, and a pledge to present a new system within a year if they govern.