Overview
- Barcelona’s €4.18 billion municipal budget takes effect on January 1 after Mayor Jaume Collboni survived a second confidence vote, with major allocations for housing (€240 million), security (€430.6 million) and social services (~€995 million).
- Palencia’s mayor, Miriam Andrés, signaled she will tie the 2026 accounts to a confidence vote if council negotiations fail, using the same legal mechanism employed in other cities.
- Asturias approved its 2026 spending plan in a year‑end plenary, clearing nearly €7 billion in new accounts and avoiding a budget rollover.
- The Spanish government and the Generalitat plan to present details in January of a ‘financiación singular’ for Catalonia that could exceed €4 billion in additional resources, with ERC also pressing for full IRPF collection by a Catalan tax authority and the PP publicly opposed.
- National polling averages place the PP ahead of the PSOE, with projections indicating Feijóo could govern with Vox support, adding pressure to budget bargaining and regional fiscal deals.