Overview
- Tens of thousands joined San Silvestre runs across cities including Vigo, Murcia, Avilés, Cáceres and Palencia, with Vigo’s mayor citing roughly 10,000 participants.
- Local podiums were confirmed: Daniel Gálvez and Miriam Andreu won in Lorca, Miguel Alcaraz and Marta Martínez in Murcia, Abel Rodríguez and Paula Herrero in Avilés, Juan José Márquez and Alba Holguín in Cáceres, and Daniel Hernando and María Viciosa in Palencia.
- Palencia’s 2026 municipal budget remains unresolved, and Mayor Miriam Andrés signaled she will tie a cuestión de confianza to the accounts if a standard vote fails.
- The Generalitat plans to outline the “financiación singular” in January, a package officials say could add more than €4 billion and that will require a congressional majority, with ERC pressing for full IRPF collection.
- Catalonia is set to assume management of Rodalies’ R1 (Maresme) in the first quarter with a new mixed operator expected this month and parallel housing steps such as seasonal rent rules and an anti-evictions office, while Madrid’s Isabel Díaz Ayuso used her year-end address to tout tax cuts, education changes and emergency services.