Politics · Spain · 1 hr ago
Spanish government plans up to three Congress sessions during election campaign
Spain’s government plans up to three special Congress sessions during the campaign for the November 29 election.
The first is scheduled for Thursday, November 12, to vote on two housing decrees approved in October.
The vote will test whether the government can secure enough support from the parties that backed Pedro Sánchez’s government.
The decrees’ earlier defeat helped prompt Sánchez to call an early election.
A second session is planned for November 18 to discuss new aid for victims of the Urda train accident.
A possible third session on November 26 could approve any new emergency decrees, but its date has not been settled.
Opposition parties say a session so close to election day could give the government a political platform, while the Congress’s Permanent Deputation carries out some of the work of the dissolved parliament.
The Spanish government plans up to three extraordinary sessions of Congress’s Permanent Deputation during the campaign for the 29 November election.
The first session is scheduled for Thursday 12 and will vote on two housing decrees approved in October.
A second session is planned for Wednesday 18 to debate a new package of aid for victims of the Urda railway accident.
A possible third session on 26 November could validate any decree-laws approved by the Council of Ministers in the coming weeks.
Several opposition groups have complained that the sessions could give the government a parliamentary platform during the campaign.
- Who
- The Spanish government plans the sessions. Several opposition groups have raised objections.
- What
- It plans up to three extraordinary sessions of Congress’s Permanent Deputation during the election campaign.
- When
- The sessions are planned for 12 and 18 November, with a possible third on 26 November. The election is on 29 November.
- Where
- Spain’s Congress of Deputies.
- Why
- The government does not plan to freeze its legislative agenda because of the early election. The planned sessions would consider decrees and aid measures.
Spanish government
Opposition groups
Use of Congress during the campaign
Spanish government
The government plans to continue its legislative agenda and hold up to three sessions.
Opposition groups
Some opposition groups object to the use of Congress as a political platform so close to the election.
Possible session on 26 November
Spanish government
The session could validate decree-laws approved by the Council of Ministers in the coming weeks.
Opposition groups
Some groups warn it could become an indirect end-of-campaign event.
The first planned session will vote on two housing decrees approved in October.
A second planned session will debate a new package of aid for victims of the Urda railway accident.
A possible third session could validate decree-laws approved by the Council of Ministers in the coming weeks.
Spain is due to hold the election.
- Planned sessions
- Up to three extraordinary meetings
- First session
- 12 November
- Second session
- 18 November
- Possible third session
- 26 November
- Election date
- 29 November