Budgets
Guardiola advances Extremadura elections to December 21
Extremadura's president, María Guardiola, has announced early regional elections for December 21 due to opposition rejection of the regional budgets. This decision kicks off an electoral cycle in PP-governed regions. The campaign will start on December 5.
PP attacks Montero in Senate over three years without budgets
Reported by AI
In a tense Senate session, the Partido Popular sharply criticized First Vice President and Finance Minister María Jesús Montero for three years without approving general budgets. PP senators ironically wished 'happy birthday' recalling the date of the last approved budgets. Montero defended the government's management against accusations of budgetary inaction.