Posted on 09/30/2025 9:15:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
By Molly Grace • Published: 23 Sep 2025 • 23:28 • 1 minute read
Pedro Sanchez PP and Vox voted en bloc against the plan. Photo credit: Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s fragile truce with Catalan separatist party Junts has unravelled after a controversial migration proposal was voted down in the Spanish Congress. The initiative, which sought to transfer powers over immigration to the Catalan government, was rejected on Tuesday after several of Sánchez’s own left-wing allies broke ranks and opposed the deal.
The measure had been negotiated between the ruling Socialist Party (PSOE) and Junts as part of a delicate balancing act to keep Sánchez’s minority coalition in power. Delegating control over migration was seen as a major concession to Catalan nationalists, who have long demanded greater autonomy from Madrid. Yet the proposal split the government’s wider bloc of progressive partners, with Podemos, Compromís and other deputies refusing to back what they described as a flawed and even discriminatory text. In the final vote, the motion was defeated by 177 votes to 173. Opposition parties PP and Vox voted en bloc against the plan, but it was the rebellion from the left that ultimately proved decisive. Podemos argued that the bill contained “racist undertones” and risked undermining the rights of migrants, while Compromís MP Alberto Ibáñez said he could not support a measure that was “incompatible with progressive values.”
The defeat is a major setback for Sánchez, who has relied heavily on ad hoc agreements with nationalist and regionalist parties since returning to office. The failed migration pact now throws into question the government’s ability to manage future legislation, especially on sensitive issues that require unity across its fragmented parliamentary base. Junts reacted angrily to the collapse of the agreement, accusing Podemos and other dissenting allies of siding with the right by voting alongside PP and Vox. Socialist ministers, meanwhile, sought to downplay the setback, insisting that dialogue with Catalonia would continue despite the failed vote.
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The episode highlights the precarious nature of Sánchez’s premiership, dependent on fragile compromises that can be undone at any moment by divisions within his own ideological camp. With tensions between coalition partners laid bare, the road ahead for the government looks increasingly uncertain.
The Hispanics are having troubles?
Again?
Second paragraph from the end? Looks like a copy-and-paste carryover, maybe from the original the web page?
Catalan is the general Barcelona region, right? The last holdout of the 1930’s socialists from Franco?
“ The initiative, which sought to transfer powers over immigration to the Catalan government…”
“ Podemos argued that the bill contained “racist undertones” and risked undermining the rights of migrants, while Compromís MP Alberto Ibáñez said he could not support a measure that was “incompatible with progressive values.”
I wonder what the meat of this law was. Were they going to give Catalonia immigration powers but then say the migrants had to stay there? Were they going to make Catalonia pay support to the illegals they let in?
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