The Parliament of Andalusia has paved the way for further discussions on the 2027 budget. On 11 November, MPs rejected three opposition motions seeking to return the draft in its entirety to the regional government. The budget has therefore not yet been passed.
According to the Europa Press news agency, the conservative People’s Party and right-wing party Voxvoted to reject the motions. They form the regional government under President Juanma Moreno. The three opposition groups – the Socialists, Adelante Andalucía and Por Andalucía – stayed away from the session in support of the General strike in Spain . Their motions were therefore not defended in the plenary, but were put to a joint vote.
The Socialists had previously called for the debate to be postponed so they could take part in both the strike and the budget session. Economy and Finance Minister Carolina España criticised the opposition’s absence. She presented the draft on behalf of the government during the debate.
According to the regional government, the draft budget totals around €54.7 billion. That would be around €3.1 billion, or six per cent, more than the 2026 budget. It is the first draft budget from the coalition of the People’s Party and Vox.
Around €17 billion is earmarked for healthcare and just under €11.9 billion for education. The government is also planning tax relief, including on charges related to housing and on regional income tax. These figures are initial budget allocations; decisions on their specific use and implementation will be made during the subsequent process and the budget year.
In its planning for 2027, the government assumes a balanced budget and economic growth of 2.3 per cent. The growth figure is a forecast, not a result already achieved.
Following the first vote, the draft goes to the relevant parliamentary committee. The parliamentary groups can propose amendments to individual sections there, before it returns to the plenary. As the parliament said, rejection of the motions against the budget as a whole means that the total budget and the amounts allocated to individual areas have been set. They can now be changed only by agreement between parliament and the regional government. The final vote on the budget law is still to come.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).