Overview

• Minister Félix Bolaños said the prime minister will meet Carles Puigdemont but offered no timing or location details.
• Bolaños stressed that Salvador Illa did not take budget files or pending laws to his closed-door meeting with Puigdemont in Brussels.
• The government views the Illa–Puigdemont photo as helpful for reopening dialogue with Junts, with early budget contacts to be handled by Hacienda.
• The PPC announced parliamentary requests for full transparency on the Brussels meeting, including the absence of official flags, trip costs, content, and any agreements, while ERC criticized the lack of Catalan symbols.
• Puigdemont gathered Junts leadership in Waterloo to brief on the Illa meeting and chart next steps in Madrid and Catalonia, as the party presses PSOE over unmet commitments and weighs positions on upcoming votes such as the reduced workweek bill.