Only a trickle of definitive resolutions has reached immigrants in Aragón after the three-month validation window closed. Nationally, 1.174.978 applications were filed between April 16 and June 30; 33.865 of them in Aragón. At the same time, foreign worker affiliation in Aragón rose over the summer, with the biggest increase in Social Security registrations since late April.
Congress rejected two government housing decrees on Friday; between 70.000 and 500.000 people protested in central Madrid on Saturday, with demonstrations in more than 50 cities. Young renters said rent can take up to 70% of their salary. PSOE is divided over early elections, and Sánchez warned Junts, PP and Vox that history will judge them.
Pensions will be revalued by 3,6% in January, the third-largest increase since 2010. Rising fuel, gas and electricity prices are pushing inflation back up after Spain had moved closer to the 2% target recommended by central banks. The revaluation forces Social Security to make a record payout.
The regulated gas tariff (TUR) rose by an average of 17,6% from October 1, and part of that increase is deferred, not cancelled. RDL 25/2026 caps the raw material cost increase at 35%, giving 3,5 cents per kWh, and from January 1, 2027, the cap on increases cannot exceed 15%. OCU warns that the measure is a deferral and that the cost will be recovered in future tariff revisions.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo proposed reforms that would allow mutuas (employer mutual insurers) to issue sick-leave discharges for certain pathologies and run diagnostic tests. Sick leave is currently managed by the public health system, a red line in Spain. The proposal is part of PP's labor agenda responding to business demands, and Feijóo has previously floated cutting sick-leave pay and benefits.
President Salvador Illa urged people not to travel as Catalonia confined around 20 comarcas under red alert from 20:00 Saturday to 14:00 Sunday. Rodalies de Catalunya suspended almost all lines and FGC cancelled all services. Meteocat forecasts more than 200 liters per square meter along the Tarragona and Barcelona coast.
Lara Fernández Castrelo, 23, known as Judeline, is the first Spanish singer to reach number 1 on Spotify's Top 50. Her single "BbY WOW" features Karol G and Rusowsky. She also sings and plays a small role in "La bola negra", the film by Los Javis representing Spain at the Oscars.
Young renters in Spain increasingly live in flats where living rooms and common areas have been turned into bedrooms. Alba, 20, pays about 360 euros a month for a room in a Málaga flat with four rented bedrooms and one bathroom, though it originally had three bedrooms. Landlords may legally convert spaces if municipal habitability conditions are met.
A poll shows 70% of citizens overall support protecting vulnerable people without housing alternatives from evictions. Support reaches 55% among PP voters, 53% among Vox voters and 70% among Junts voters, while 85% of PSOE voters and 86% of Sumar voters back the measure. Junts voters also support extending leases expiring before 2028; the poll was conducted by Ateneo del Dato for El Diario.
Chef José Andrés said Spain's problem is a lack of housing, not a lack of decrees, calling the government's proposals "propaganda campaigns" and "patches". He argued that subsidizing demand without increasing supply pressures prices. Jeff Bezos agreed with the diagnosis "100%" after the legislative failure of two emergency housing decrees.
CEOE president Antonio Garamendi said a general strike over housing is not within the law because it does not stem from a labor conflict. He said he agrees there is a real housing crisis, but warned that there would be a reaction if a strike were called, and that it would affect business activity. He spoke at the Foro La Toja Vínculo Atlántico in O Grove, Pontevedra.
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