Overview
- Government figures acknowledge losing control of the public agenda to judicial proceedings as corruption cases and rulings dominate political debate.
- Without a stable majority or approved budgets, each vote in Congress is a separate negotiation that strains the legislature’s viability.
- ERC’s demands have put regional financing at center stage after a prior €17 billion debt relief, with Generalitat data citing a €14.5–€20.2 billion annual fiscal gap for Catalonia.
- The executive expects a Court of Justice of the EU decision enabling full application of the amnesty to be a major political milestone and a way to stabilize ties with Junts.
- PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo casts 2026 as a likely year of change, pointing to the PSOE’s collapse in Extremadura and upcoming contests in Aragón, Castilla y León and Andalucía to press for elections.