Overview

• Party arithmetic points to 175 votes against from PP, Vox, UPN and Podemos, enough to stop the bill at its first hurdle unless an error or absence flips the count.
• Podemos confirmed it will oppose the transfer, calling the pact a vehicle for “racist policies,” leaving the PSOE to hope for a voting slip similar to the 2022 Alberto Casero miscast.
• The proposal would shift key immigration powers to the Generalitat, including Mossos control of security at ports and airports in coordination with state forces, authority for returns, and issuance of foreigner ID from the state NIE registry.
• Junts is preparing to pin responsibility on the PSOE and signals the legislature is spent, with reports that Carles Puigdemont told José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero the party will not back the 2026 state budget.
• Moncloa is weighing the pros and cons of an early election, according to reporting that cites internal deliberations shaped by polling and timing pressures.