Overview

• The constitutional cutoff to present the 2026 State Budgets arrives with no bill registered three months before year‑end, as required by Spain’s Constitution.
• PSOE spokesman Patxi López says passage remains possible and cites a prepared draft that the finance minister described as awaiting final details.
• The government has yet to present budgets in this legislature that began in 2023, a delay López attributes to a complex political landscape.
• Coalition strain surfaced as Sumar deputy Jorge Pueyo urged calling elections if the government cannot approve the 2026 accounts.
• A UCO report to Judge Peinado alleges a Moncloa aide interceded with sponsors of Begoña Gómez’s university chair, while the cabinet moves to approve a draft law creating a specific Penal Code offense for ‘violencia vicaria’.