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Documented proposals
Seasonal rentals
The PSOE publication supports closing seasonal rentals used to evade ordinary contracts. Text and date confirmed by a manual copy of the original. Predates the decree; does not claim it remains in force or was ultimately ratified.
Source and assessmentWorking week
Mayoral supports processing the statutory 37.5-hour bill without lower pay on behalf of the Socialist group and opposes returning it. This records its 2025 debate position, not a claim that the measure is in force.
Source and assessmentPensions
Esther Peña defends statutory CPI linking in Congress during the pension adjustment debate. Supports adjustments; no pension opposition is inferred for other parties.
Source and assessmentMass legalisation of migrants
At PSOE headquarters Elma Saiz supports the completed regularisation process. Records support for eligibility-based regularisation, not application guidance or a 29N pledge.
Source and assessmentPublic healthcare
The coalition cabinet approves promoting direct public management and facilitating reversals of concessions, preserving legal certainty for existing contracts. This is joint PSOE–Sumar government policy presented by García.
Source and assessmentLow-emission zones
The Socialist spokesperson rejects repeal of mandatory implementation and supports zones on public-health grounds. Support is established by his argument about the debated requirement, not the aggregate vote alone.
Source and assessmentRent prices
López supports limiting rent increases. Decree 26/2026 was repealed on 2 October; the speech is not evidence that it remains law.
Source and assessmentSuspending evictions
Rodríguez supports suspending vulnerable-household evictions and public coverage of small landlords’ unpaid rents. Support concerns this compensating mechanism, rather than every occupation.
Source and assessmentIllegal squatting
López Álvarez, Patxi votes against separately voted amendment 539, adding unlawful entry into a home and usurpation to fast criminal proceedings. This concerns the specific criminal route, not unpaid rent or every civil recovery procedure.
Source and assessmentBuilding new homes
Pérez Ortiz supports faster rules with planning and affordable housing, distinguishing this from repeal of the housing law.
Source and assessmentAutomatic lease renewal
The PSOE announcement records Isabel Rodríguez’s support for automatic renewal with safeguards. It precedes the repeal of decree 27/2026 on 2 October; it is not current law. Full text supplied manually and cross-checked against the indexed page; publication date unconfirmed.
Source and assessmentHousing purchases by investment funds
Rodríguez supports stopping funds’ speculative purchases and directing listed property companies towards affordable housing. Coding supports the restriction, not every possible ban design. Decree 26/2026 was repealed on 2 October; publication date unconfirmed and full text supplied manually.
Source and assessmentBorder controls
Castilla supports border protection and lawful safeguarded returns, not every proposed border closure.
Source and assessmentDeporting migrants without legal residence
Complete article retrieved through web reading; the archive retains the transcription rather than original HTML. Marlaska calls for faster return and international-protection proceedings while retaining Spain’s asylum responsibilities. This supports more efficient procedures rather than automatic return of everyone arriving.
Source and assessmentSeeking asylum at the border
Complete article retrieved through the web reading service; the archive retains the transcription rather than original HTML. PSOE supports effective access to asylum, assessment with safeguards and legal routes; it opposes accelerated removals without safeguards and outsourcing protection responsibilities.
Source and assessmentSharing responsibility for migrant children
Supports regions sharing reception and care while individual cases are resolved; this is not automatic permanent residence or collective return.
Source and assessmentRepeated petty theft
Supports stronger criminal penalties for repeated theft, alongside court resources and proportionality.
Source and assessmentWho chooses the judges on the judicial council
Aranda defends parliamentary selection of council members and opposes transferring it to judicial associations.
Source and assessmentLobbyists: who influences government
Aceves supports the mandatory public national register, meeting transparency and independent supervision.
Source and assessmentProtecting people who report corruption
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports activating the whistleblower protection authority within a national anti-corruption strategy.
Source and assessmentAmnesty for the Catalan independence process
Supports adopting the 2024 amnesty to address the Catalan political conflict.
Source and assessmentIndependence referendums
López explicitly rejects a right to self-determination and a statute agreement aimed at independence, distinguishing this from negotiating improvements to self-government.
Source and assessmentCatalonia collecting its own taxes
Montero explicitly supports the PSOE–ERC specific financing agreement, with transparent contributions to shared costs and interterritorial solidarity. This is a stance on the agreement, not a claim of implementation.
Source and assessmentBasque self-government
López supports continuing negotiations on outstanding Gernika transfers without an artificial deadline, including Social Security financial administration while retaining the shared national fund.
Source and assessmentCatalan and other languages in school
Article by the education secretary; publication date unverified. Education secretary Martínez Seijo opposes fixed Spanish-language percentages and restrictions on immersion in regions with a co-official language. No publication date was verified on the page; the observation date is identified instead.
Source and assessmentTaxes on large fortunes
Sánchez defends the solidarity tax on wealth above three million euros and its role in countering tax competition.
Source and assessmentPublic or subsidised private schools
41st Congress political resolution (2024). The 41st Congress resolution prioritises public-school classes when provision expands or contracts, with subsidised private schools playing a complementary role. It does not propose closing that entire network.
Source and assessmentAbortion access
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports restoring autonomy at 16–17; the proposals seek equal access across regions and rural areas.
Source and assessmentTrans law: changing legal sex
Supports the bill allowing legal gender changes from age 16 without medical reports or hormone treatment. Legislative evidence from 2022, enacted as Law 4/2023.
Source and assessmentEuthanasia
Supports lawful assistance in dying with medical safeguards and personal choice, seeking to avoid unnecessary court delays.
Source and assessmentExtending nuclear plant lifetimes
Supports the agreed shutdown timetable through 2035, waste-management responsibility and a just transition for affected areas.
Source and assessmentDefence: 2% of GDP
Sánchez presents and supports a plan to reach 2% of GDP in security and defence in 2025.
Source and assessmentArms embargo on Israel
Albares supports banning arms imports and exports involving Israel. The decree retains a national-interest exception, so this is not an exception-free embargo.
Source and assessmentMinimum wage
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes raising the minimum wage to improve the incomes of lower-paid workers.
Source and assessmentSelf-employed people and small businesses
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes simpler administrative procedures for self-employed people and small businesses.
Source and assessmentMinimum income
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports a minimum-income benefit and better access for low-income households.
Source and assessmentFree nursery places
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes free early-childhood education places up to age three.
Source and assessmentSupport for people needing daily care
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public help for people who need daily care and their families.
Source and assessmentMental health
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes stronger mental-health support through public services.
Source and assessmentStudent grants
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports grants and financial help so that low income does not prevent further study.
Source and assessmentScience and research
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public funding for science and research.
Source and assessmentViolence against women
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports specific measures and protection against gender-based violence towards women.
Source and assessmentOnline privacy
41st Congress political resolution (2024). Proposes stronger data protection and individual rights in digital environments.
Source and assessmentEnergy and global warming
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports reducing emissions and moving towards clean energy to address climate change.
Source and assessmentFood and farming
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public aid and funding to sustain local agricultural production.
Source and assessmentPublic transport fares
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes public funding to reduce the cost of public transport.
Source and assessmentEuropean Union decisions
41st Congress political resolution (2024). Supports deeper European integration and shared decisions through common institutions.
Source and assessmentAid to other countries
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public funding for development cooperation to fight poverty and inequality.
Source and assessmentLife in small towns and villages
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports services and infrastructure giving small communities and rural areas access to basic services.
Source and assessmentCulture and heritage
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Supports public backing for culture and preserving and sharing heritage.
Source and assessmentWater and drought
2023 general-election manifesto (historical reference). Proposes investment and water-saving, efficiency or reuse measures to address scarcity and drought.
Source and assessmentIncome tax: low and middle incomes
PSOE–Unidas Podemos government measure announced in 2022; historical reference. The PSOE-led government announced relief for employment income up to €21,000, alongside higher taxation of large capital income.
Source and assessmentIncome tax and inflation
Separate vote on income-tax point 1. Nonbinding motion; it does not change the law. Voted against general income-tax adjustment. This vote does not establish a position on every targeted cut for lower incomes.
Source and assessmentBurqa and niqab in public spaces
Congress speech, 14 April 2026. Opposes fines and general bans; proposes mediation, integration and support for women facing coercion.
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