Overview
- After two years without new public accounts, the government will table its spending plan despite lacking assured votes, with Sánchez acknowledging a rejection could have political fallout.
- La Moncloa has coupled conciliatory interviews with concrete gestures to Junts, including more flexibility for municipal investment and delaying new e‑invoicing for the self‑employed.
- Officials plan to present a regional financing model in January and submit the state accounts the same month to keep reform timetables on track for unlocking final EU disbursements.
- Government sources view a potential spring return of Carles Puigdemont under the amnesty, following expected EU court guidance, as the key lever to reconfigure Junts and reopen negotiations.
- The ‘Salazar case’ has triggered ministerial absences from this week’s control session, and the PP will seek a rule change to force justifications, as the Extremadura campaign unfolds with polls favoring the PP over a PSOE candidate who has been formally processed.