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Tribunal de Cuentas ordered to audit transfer of Paris palace to PNV

Lawmakers flagged missing title records, questioned risks to public patrimony, suggested the deal could conceal improper party funding.

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Palacete parisino cedido por el Gobierno al PNV

Overview

  • PP and Vox secured a 20-18 majority in the Comisión Mixta to compel the Tribunal de Cuentas to review the handover of the Avenue Marceau palace to the PNV.
  • The Tribunal de Cuentas will assess whether the PNV holds valid legal title and whether the government’s January transfer complied with the Democratic Memory Law.
  • PP and Vox deputies highlighted the absence of documented purchase by the PNV, the building’s €17 million valuation and the prospect of rental income paid by the Instituto Cervantes as potential irregular financing.
  • The PNV insists the palace was lawfully restituted as property bought for the Basque Government in exile and seized by the Gestapo, accusing opponents of historical inaccuracy and political instrumentalization.
  • A 2003 Supreme Court ruling found no PNV title under the previous Memory Law, but backers argue the new law’s broader scope legitimizes overseas restitution.