Overview

• Cabinet approved the emergency designation for areas hit by summer fires and June floods, enabling direct aid and tax relief under the national civil protection framework.
• Interior announced work on a new decree to increase payouts under the 2005 scheme and signaled intent for retroactive application once the update is approved.
• Authorities reported 15 large fires still active in Castilla y León, Asturias and Galicia, as EFFIS tallied roughly 411,000 hectares burned this year, surpassing 2022.
• Parliamentary scrutiny intensifies: four ministers testify in the Senate this week, and the government set voluntary appearances in Congress for Fernando Grande-Marlaska on September 4 and Sara Aagesen on September 5.
• The PP advanced a 50‑point plan featuring a national register of convicted arsonists with tracking bracelets, which PSOE and allies dismissed while citing official data that few fires are attributable to pyromaniacs.