The five members of the electoral board of October 1, 2017; Tània Verge, former minister of ERC; the lawyer Marc Marsal; Josep Pagès, current MP for Junts; the professor of Political Science, Jordi Matas, and the lawyer Marta Alsina have been amnestied.
The Supreme Court has just lifted the precautionary measures imposed on businessman Víctor de Aldama, so he will be able to start traveling abroad to continue with his business. This was agreed by the Chamber that sentenced him to four and a half years in prison for corrupting the then Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos and his advisor Koldo García.
The European Commission says it has received the complaint against Spain filed by the former president of the Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, in response to the maneuver by the Court of Auditors not to directly apply the Amnesty Law, but refrains from making any comment on the matter. The Community Executive has also reiterated that it is aware of the recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) on the amnesty law, but that “it is up to the relevant courts to apply the rulings of the Court of Justice.”
In contrast to what happened last summer, when the management of forest fires intensified the political clash between the central Executive and some autonomous communities governed by the Popular Party, such as those of Madrid or Castilla y León, Pedro Sánchez and the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, both socialists, agreed this Wednesday on the importance of coordination and joint work between the different administrations, “shoulder to shoulder”, to fight against fire and the consequences of the climate emergency. The mayor of Tamajón (Guadalajara), Eugenio Esteban, of the PP, also thanked this collaboration between administrations, during the visit that Sánchez and Page made to the advanced command post installed in this town to combat the La Mierla forest fire, which has already devastated more than 32,000 hectares and has become the largest in Castilla-La Mancha.
The defense of former president Carles Puigdemont filed two complaints against Spain before European bodies on Monday in response to the refusal of the Court of Accounts to apply the Amnesty Law to the thirty former high-ranking officials of the Catalan administration from whom the expenses of the ‘procés’ are claimed. The auditing body, once the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) was known, which responded to the preliminary questions it had raised in 2024, reactivated the case and instead of applying penal oblivion, opened a ten-day period for the parties to present arguments and provide documentation proving the origin of the funds allocated to the 1-O referendum and the foreign action of the Generalitat.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo on Wednesday reviewed the political year that has ended and declared the legislature over at a time when the government’s weakness in Congress practically prevents the approval of laws and corruption cases surround Pedro Sánchez’s political and personal circle. In response, the PP leader promised a “national reconstruction” government that would restore “decency” to Spain, make the country “work again” with economic and social reforms, and ensure that “working is worthwhile.”
The King has awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece, the highest decoration granted by the Crown, to Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, former president of Portugal, as a sign of his personal and institutional appreciation. It is the first distinction by Felipe VI to a foreign personality since his proclamation, following the award of the Golden Fleece to the Princess of Asturias, Queen Sofía, former Prime Minister Felipe González, and the fathers of the Constitution Miquel Roca i Junyent and Miguel Herrero y Rodríguez de Miñón.
Cristina Narbona, president of the PSOE, faced the opposition this morning during a long appearance in the Senate in which she denied that there is irregular financing in the party, appealed to the presumption of innocence in the case of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and emphasized the socialists’ firmness against any illicit conduct: “Our tolerance towards corruption is zero,” she assured.
The last control session for the President of the Generalitat before the summer holidays was marked by the confrontation between Salvador Illa and Junts per Catalunya over the data on the execution of state investments in the autonomous communities, which in the Catalan case was 8.6% in 2025. The president of JxCat in the Parliament, Mònica Sales, reproached Illa that the “main problem” of Catalonia is him because he “stays silent, accepts and tolerates” these “devastating data”. The president acknowledged that there is a “problem” with state investment, that it “is not enough” and once again defended the investment consortium agreed with ERC to reverse it. In this vein, the socialist criticized Junts for not making any proposal “beyond complaining”.
Amidst the debate on regional financing and while several communities governed by the PP denounce that the new model privileges Catalans, the General Intervention Board of the State Administration (IGAE), dependent on the Ministry of Finance, has made public…