Overview

• The Congress will decide on Oct. 7 whether to validate the Sept. 23 royal decree imposing an arms embargo on Israel.
• Podemos has warned it will vote against validation, arguing the decree includes exceptions and does not cover subsidiaries.
• The four Podemos deputies could be decisive for Pedro Sánchez’s fragile majority, with a separate mobility law vote also nearing.
• The chosen date coincides with the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, drawing diplomatic unease reported by La Razón.
• La Moncloa says the scheduling is an unintentional coincidence and notes validation must occur within 30 days or the decree lapses.