Overview

• Moncloa will take its Israel arms-embargo decree to Congress next week without a secure majority and is eyeing a PP abstention as Junts keeps its vote unclear and Podemos denounces the text.
• The sustainable mobility law also lacks guaranteed support despite links to roughly €10 billion in EU funds, with the government courting additional votes after Sumar sought to open the text to changes.
• PP and Vox escalated their clash over immigration policy, while PP leaders are preparing for potential early elections in Extremadura and Aragón if 2026 budgets fail, with a March 2026 multi-region vote discussed as a scenario.
• Peru’s Congress approved a constitutional accusation against former prime minister Betssy Chávez by 51–14, sending the case to the Fiscalía as a separate push to bar her from office awaits a plenary decision.
• A Lima court ordered Congress to grant ex-president Pedro Castillo a lifetime pension in a ruling now under appeal, and Justice Minister Juan José Santiváñez resigned to run in 2026 days before a scheduled censure debate.