Overview

• Spain’s Council of Ministers approved a constitutional challenge on September 23 targeting parts of Galicia’s 2024 fiscal and administrative law, as announced by spokesperson Pilar Alegría.
• The government contests Galicia’s requirement to repower wind farms after 25 years, arguing it conflicts with state electricity regulations and has asked the court to suspend the relevant provisions, including parts of Article 30 and Article 45.5.
• The challenge also targets Galicia’s automatic equivalences between dependency and disability—33%, 66% and 100%—which Madrid says intrude on state powers that set basic conditions for equal treatment.
• Before filing, the government negotiated with the Xunta in a bilateral commission that resolved most disagreements and consulted the State Attorney and the Council of State, which endorsed bringing the case.
• Galicia estimates the repowering mandate could lead to the removal of up to roughly 800 older turbines, a measure the energy sector has criticized as legally and economically burdensome.