Aragon's budget bill will go through its main stages of parliamentary processing in November and December, with final approval scheduled for December 22, coinciding with the Extraordinary Christmas Lottery draw. The Cortes of Aragon have already set the timetable that parliamentary groups must follow to debate and vote on the region's 2027 budget.
During Thursday’s signing of the agreement between the Government of Aragón and medical unions, Aragón President Jorge Azcón said that “Minister Cuerpo won’t deliver the deep transformation the rail system needs” during the month he will spend overseeing Transport, because the problems affecting trains are “not an interim situation”, as “multiple experts have stated in recent days”.
The PSOE has placed access to housing at the center of its electoral platform and accused the Government of Aragon of rejecting national measures that could facilitate the construction of affordable homes. Fernando Beltrán, the Socialist candidate for Congress in Zaragoza, criticized Jorge Azcón’s executive for not applying the tools provided for under the national Housing Law, leaving Aragon excluded from a €180 million allocation.
The PP has once again put housing at the center of its criticism of Pedro Sánchez’s government during a visit to Zaragoza’s Torrero neighborhood. Rocío Dívar, the number one candidate for Congress in Zaragoza, and the city’s mayor, Natalia Chueca, denounced the central government’s lack of solutions to increase the supply of affordable homes and contrasted national policy with municipal management.
During the presentation of Aragon’s 2027 budget, regional president Jorge Azcón commented on Transport Minister Óscar Puente’s resignation following the rail accidents in Adamuz and Urda. In his view, Puente did not resign out of “the general interest,” but because “the polls told him to,” putting the PSOE’s political project first.
Aragón will have a budget of €9,549.7 million in 2027, the highest in its history. Finance Minister Roberto Bermúdez de Castro presented the figures on Wednesday, which are €1 billion higher than those for 2024 and, he said, will strengthen the quality of public services thanks to the region’s economic growth.
Aragon President Jorge Azcón will present the regional government's 2027 budget plan this Wednesday, based on a record spending ceiling of €8.3981 billion, an 11.6% increase over the latest limit set.
Aragonese politicians have expressed their sorrow over the death of Marta Gastón at 53. She was economy minister from 2015 to 2023, as well as a Huesca councillor, senator and member of Congress.
In Zaragoza, PP Deputy Secretary for Regional Policy Elías Bendodo contrasted his party’s model of “rigor, management and experience,” backed by leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo, with what he described as the Socialist Party’s propaganda, populism and “outright politicization” of institutions: “That is what must be banished on November 29.”
The Teruel PSOE will launch an electoral campaign highlighting the achievements of Pedro Sánchez’s progressive government against the “scaremongering speeches” of the PP-Vox coalition. It will also be a campaign “led by activists in favor of coexistence” to “dispel the politics of fear” that, they claim, are being used to invent a reality “that does not exist.” Teruel PSOE Secretary-General Rafael Guía has urged the electoral committee to present “without complexes” the many figures “that show Spain in 2026 is better than it was in 2018” in response to those who say otherwise.
The People's Party presented its candidates in Teruel for the Congress of Deputies and the Senate on Monday for the general election on November 29. The party aims to bring the province's municipal management experience and demands to Madrid, particularly regarding depopulation, infrastructure and business operating aid.
Ejea de los Caballeros commemorated victims of Francoism this Sunday, All Saints’ Day, with a tribute at the cemetery attended by PSOE Zaragoza Secretary-General Teresa Ladrero; PSOE candidate for the Congress of Deputies in Zaragoza Fernando Beltrán; and fellow candidates Marta Gracia and José Antonio Remón.
CEOE CEPYME Huesca held a minute of silence this Friday in memory of Fátima Báñez and the other victims of the railway accident in Urda (Toledo). The tribute took place today at 1 p.m. outside its headquarters in Plaza Luis López Allué. The organization expressed its condolences to the families and its support for everyone affected.
Transport Minister Óscar Puente acknowledged Friday that the government is considering suspending rail service for up to two years while lines such as Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona are renovated. He considers the option "more prudent" and says it is already used in Germany, but it has drawn an immediate response from Aragón President Jorge Azcón.
Aragon President Jorge Azcón has expressed his sorrow over the death of Fátima Báñez, Rajoy's former labor minister, in the train accident in Toledo. The leader of the Aragon People's Party said on X that he received the news with "enormous sadness."
Spain’s Official State Gazette (BOE) has published the provisional candidate lists of the political groups standing in the general election on November 29. In Aragón, the electoral field for the Congress of Deputies includes 12 candidacies in Zaragoza, 11 in Huesca and 10 in Teruel, while Senate lists also vary by province.
Aragon’s vice president and minister for Deregulation, Social Welfare and Family, Alejandro Nolasco, met Senegal’s ambassador to Spain, Ibrahim Al Khalil Seck, this Wednesday at the Senegalese Embassy in Madrid.
Teruel Existe wants to restore its voice in Madrid and regain representation in Congress and the Senate. The party presented its candidates this Tuesday for the general elections on November 29 at an event outside Teruel train station, a location chosen as a symbol of successive governments’ failure to fulfill commitments on infrastructure and the province’s needs.
Aragón President and regional PP leader Jorge Azcón has highlighted his party’s ability to defend the region’s interests during the presentation of the Zaragoza candidates for Congress and the Senate. He described the upcoming general election as “the most important in the history of democracy” and argued that “political change in this country is more necessary than ever.”
Vox has unveiled its candidates for Aragon in the Senate after agreeing with the PP to put forward one name each for Huesca and Zaragoza: regional lawmaker Lorena García and Caspe councilor Germán Sanz. In Teruel, the list is completed by Barbara Alastuey, Joaquín Buj and Verónica Luz.
