Overview

• Speaking in Copenhagen at the European Political Community meeting, Pedro Sánchez said the government will present the 2026 draft and fulfill its constitutional duty.
• Spain has already missed the submission deadline required by Article 134, and El Mundo reports another year‑end rollover of the 2023 accounts is viewed as likely.
• ABC reports that the Popular Party is preparing to take the missed-budget dispute to the Constitutional Court.
• The coalition’s arithmetic remains fragile, with Junts and Podemos in opposition and Sumar showing fissures after MP Jorge Pueyo urged elections if no budget is passed.
• Sánchez highlighted labor‑market gains to defend his record, citing 31,462 more Social Security affiliates in September, 21.69 million employed, and registered unemployment down by 4,846 to 2.42 million.