Politics · Spain · 9 hrs ago
Spain’s Supreme Court seeks views on extending voting suspension
Spain’s Supreme Court is considering widening a voting-rights suspension linked to citizenship under the so-called grandchildren law.
The party Iustitia Europa wants the suspension to cover children of people who became Spanish citizens through that law.
The court rejected an immediate decision without hearing others, but gave the parties three days to submit their views.
An earlier ruling has blocked more than 163,000 newly naturalized Spaniards from voting in the 29 November election if they are registered as overseas voters.
The new request concerns a separate group of descendants, whose citizenship came through another provision of Spain’s Democratic Memory Law.
That route has more than 189,000 people registered, but the available figures do not show how many are covered by the request.
The court will consider the request after hearing the parties, and has made the relevant proceedings available every day in November.
Spain’s Supreme Court has given the parties three days to comment on Iustitia Europa’s request to extend a voting suspension to children of people who gained Spanish nationality under the “law of grandchildren.”
The court declined to impose the requested measure urgently and will decide after hearing the parties.
The request concerns descendants whose voting rights are not covered by the existing suspension.
The court separately rejected extending the suspension to people who gained nationality under the law and live in Spain.
The proceedings come ahead of Spain’s general election on 29 November 2026.
- Who
- Spain’s Supreme Court and the parties in the case. The request was made by Iustitia Europa.
- What
- The court gave the parties three days to comment on extending a voting suspension to children of people naturalised under the “law of grandchildren.
- When
- The decision was reported on 30 October 2026. The three-day period runs from notification.
- Where
- Spain.
- Why
- Iustitia Europa asked to extend the suspension to descendants, arguing that their electoral status should be checked. The court cited the issues’ importance and the forthcoming election.
Iustitia Europa
Spain’s Supreme Court
Extension of suspension
Iustitia Europa
The party asked the court to extend the voting suspension to children of people naturalised under the law, pending checks on their status.
Spain’s Supreme Court
The court declined to impose the measure urgently and gave the parties three days to present arguments before deciding.
People living in Spain
Iustitia Europa
Iustitia Europa sought broader suspension measures for people covered by the law.
Spain’s Supreme Court
The court rejected extending the suspension to naturalised people living in Spain, saying those matters were outside the scope of the case.
Iustitia Europa raised the issue before the Supreme Court.
The court gave the parties three days to comment on extending the suspension to descendants and rejected extending it to naturalised people living in Spain.
The court made days in November available for proceedings on the interim measures.
Spain’s general election is scheduled.
- Comment period
- Three days from notification
- Requesting party
- Iustitia Europa
- Election date
- 29 November 2026
- Existing electoral register
- CERA, the Register of Spanish Residents Abroad
- Naturalised under the cited route
- More than 189,000 people, according to data cited by El País
- Suspension already reported
- More than 163,000 naturalised people affected, according to El País
4 sources
El Supremo otorga tres días a las partes para opinar sobre la petición de suspender el voto a hijos de nacionalizados por la 'ley de nietos'
El Tribunal Supremo rechaza suspender el voto a las personas beneficiadas por la 'ley de nietos' que residen en España
El Supremo da tres días a las partes para opinar sobre la petición de suspender el voto a hijos de nacionalizados
El Supremo estudiará si suspende también el voto de los hijos de los nacionalizados por la ‘ley de nietos’
What people are saying
there is no place for adopting the urgent interim measures requested without hearing the other parties
it refers to issues that are not part of the subject of this appeal
the same criterion of prudence, traceability and electoral integrity must be applied