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Junts Members Ratify Break With PSOE as Party Moves to Selective Opposition

Members delivered an 87% mandate after unmet pledges from the 2023 Brussels accord.

Overview

  • An internal online vote ended the investiture pact with 86.98% in favor, 10.22% against and 2.8% blank on a 66.3% turnout, closing the Switzerland-mediated talks.
  • Junts will not negotiate or back state budgets and will cast case-by-case votes only on measures they judge beneficial for Catalonia or of basic common sense.
  • Despite the split, party leaders plan to keep Junts-linked appointees in state entities such as RTVE, Aena, Renfe, Enagás and the CNMC.
  • The new stance is already visible: Junts backed the Customer Service law in committee, which obliges large firms to attend clients in co‑official languages, with a full Congress vote slated for the week of November 11 before moving to the Senate.
  • Recent parliamentary moves included abstaining to let a PP initiative on the Prosecutor’s Office advance and signaling that Junts’ seven deputies will reveal their positions by their votes rather than through prior deals.