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PSOE Anticipates Defeat and Rewards Nationalists by Lowering Demands to Form a Group in Congress

Summary by EL ESPAÑOL
Socialists and their partners are pushing for a reform of the Rules of Procedure that will make it possible to form a parliamentary group even if a party does not reach 15% of the votes in the province in which it is presented. More information: The Senate will open a legal war against Congress for the cession of deputies to Junts and ERC

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Spanish politics never does anything without a reason. And the PSOE's latest maneuver in Congress has far less of an air of "democratic reform" than a preemptive political payoff to one of its most troublesome partners: the PNV. After several days of friction between the Basque nationalists and Pedro Sánchez's government, the Socialists have decided to make a move to allow parties like the PNV to retain their own parliamentary group, even if the…

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The new rule reduces the requirements for forming a parliamentary group, which ensures more financial means and greater capacity for initiative

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A tailor-made reform. Independenceist and nationalist parties have led the PSOE to embrace a change in the Rules of Procedure of Congress to greatly reduce the requirements...

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Socialists and their partners are pushing for a reform of the Rules of Procedure that will make it possible to form a parliamentary group even if a party does not reach 15% of the votes in the province in which it is presented. More information: The Senate will open a legal war against Congress for the cession of deputies to Junts and ERC

·Spain
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ERC, Junts, Podemos, Compromís and the BNG have registered in Congress a proposal to reform the rules of procedure of the Chamber, an initiative to which the Lower House has given the green light this Tuesday. The aim of the five formations is to modify the parameters necessary to create a parliamentary group in view of the next constitution of the Cortes Generales after the elections of 2027. The proposal for reform foresees changing the percen…

The Congress took the first step to lower the thresholds that allow to form a parliamentary group, a decision that opens debate on representation, loans of deputies and balance between large and small parties Read more PSOE and partners support the reduction of requirements for parliamentary groups in News.es.

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EL ESPAÑOL broke the news in Spain on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
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