Overview

• The Sustainable Mobility Law cleared Congress by 174 votes to 170 with four abstentions from Podemos after last‑minute negotiations.
• The law unlocks roughly €10 billion in European funds tied to decarbonizing transport and overhauling national mobility policy.
• Transport officials confirmed that no physical works to expand Barcelona‑El Prat will begin before 2031 and that the project is excluded from Aena’s DORA III investment cycle.
• Before 2031 only environmental or naturalization actions may proceed at the airport, with any expansion requiring a new Master Plan, a Strategic Environmental Assessment and an intensive public consultation process.
• Any future proposal must pass a binding assessment against the EU Fit for 55 emissions targets and, given the Natura 2000 protections at La Ricarda, will likely require European Commission approval.