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Spanish Congress Backs Castilla-La Mancha Statute Overhaul, Sending PSOE–PP Pact to Committee

Next comes an amendment stage in the Constitutional Commission, focused on social rights, public services, expanded powers.

La presidenta del Congreso de los Diputados, Francina Armengol, recibe al presidente de Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page
Sergio Gutiérrez, en la tribuna del Congreso
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El presidente del PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, interviene durante una sesión de control al Gobierno, en el Congreso de los Diputados.

Overview

  • The Congress approved taking the reform into consideration with a broad majority backed by PSOE, PP, Sumar and PNV, while Vox’s 33 deputies and UPN voted no and Podemos, ERC, BNG and Compromís abstained.
  • The update to the 1982 framework seeks to entrench health, education and social services, elevates the right to housing, recognizes digital access, water and environmental protection, and adds a strategy against depopulation.
  • The draft raises the regional chamber’s ceiling from 33 to 55 seats, limits aforamientos, introduces the decree law and creates a regional Tax Agency to manage own and state‑ceded taxes.
  • Vox opposes the pact as bipartidist and criticizes adding more deputies and new bodies, while Podemos warns it will vote against the final text without changes, proposing a 47‑seat minimum and a regionwide sixth constituency and objecting to a budget‑stability clause.
  • After committee scrutiny and amendments, the bill must return to the plenary and then the Senate, with the regional government projecting definitive approval by mid‑2026.