The Government of Navarra under President María Chivite approved the draft of the Presupuestos Generales de Navarra for 2027 on Friday, 9 October 2026, at an extraordinary meeting. According to the government, the budget totals €7,284.8 million. To secure a majority for the draft budget, the coalition of Partido Socialista de Navarra, Geroa Bai and Contigo/Zurekin has already incorporated several spending items proposed by Euskal Herria Bildu into the text. The abertzale coalition is not part of the government, but has reliably provided the votes needed to pass the budget in each of the past seven rounds.
Euskal Herria Bildu welcomed the inclusion of its initial demands and said it would continue negotiations on additional measures. These could either still be incorporated into the draft or added later through amendments to the Parliament of Navarra The government says social policy remains a priority in the draft, citing housing, health, education and social rights in particular. Specific budget items and reallocations are being finalised in the ongoing talks.
Finance and Economy Minister José Luis Arasti outlined a timetable that provides for the formal submission of the draft to the Parliament of Navarre and its subsequent consideration in committees and a plenary session. Dates and deadlines will depend, according to the plan, on the progress of negotiations between the government and parliamentary groups. Regarding the nature of the talks, the government stressed that they were a continuation of the practice established in previous years of securing majorities for annual budgets through policy agreements.
The political dynamic is clear: the minority government needs additional votes to get the draft through the process without disruption. EH Bildu calls this an act of responsibility and points out that this is expected to be the last budget before the elections due during this legislative term. Right-wing opposition parties have generally criticised similar packages in previous years; at the time of approval, there had not yet been public, detailed responses from that camp to the draft now before parliament on the same scale.
Independent scrutiny of individual budget items is still outstanding; the budget will become binding only after the final vote in the Parliament of Navarra. Until then, the sums and priorities cited remain part of a government draft, whose overall size and allocation may still change during the parliamentary process.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).