LIVE | Sánchez's Government totters after Junts' refusal of housing decrees: last minute of the vote in Congress, Sumar's discontent and the 'no' of PP and Vox
Today, the two housing decrees are being voted on in the Congress of Deputies. Junts does not align with the Executive's conditions and proposes its own. Meanwhile, Pedro Sánchez analyzes the proposal to call elections, as Sumar had suggested, while the PP and Vox remain against the decrees.
Matute (Bildu) criticizes the PNV for not supporting the second housing decree
Oskar Matute (Bildu) assured that the second decree is as important as or more important than the first. For this reason, he criticized the PNV for its initiative not to support this decree. "From the Catalan right we expected little, but from the Basque right we expected something more," he stated.
PNV assures it will vote against the second housing decree-law
"This second decree we will not validate," assured Maribel Vaquero, PNV spokesperson in Congress. "It does not solve the problem. It reduces the supply, promotes temporary rental, and generates more problems than it intends to solve," she added. Finally, she reproached the Government for not speaking with them about this second decree.
Néstor Rego (BNG), to the PP: "You will have to look the evicted people in the face and explain to them why you side with the vulture funds"
The BNG spokesperson, Néstor Rego, has made his intervention in the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies. During his intervention, he explained the reasons why he supports the housing decrees.
Alberto Catalán (UPN) asks for elections to be called "if there are so many traitors"
Alberto Catalán (UPN) in his speech at the congress: "If there are so many traitors, call elections today rather than tomorrow." "It's very easy to criticize others and not be self-critical," the deputy said.
Bustinduy criticizes the right: "blame the migrant or the retiree. It's what they always do"
The Minister of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030 has criticized right-wing organizations. "They blame the migrant or the retiree" to "shield the interests of the oligarchy": "It's what they always do." Furthermore, he defended the second housing decree, calling it "a first step to balance the scales."
Bustinduy: "Every eviction that occurs from today will bear the name and surname of those who today oppose these decrees"
Pablo Bustinduy, Minister of Consumer Affairs, continues to defend the second housing decree and criticizes the parties that have decided to vote against it.
Bustinduy, Minister of Consumer Affairs: "The right to housing will make its way above the interests of landlords"
The Minister of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030 has made his intervention in the plenary session of Congress to vote on the housing decrees. He has lashed out at the parliamentary groups that will not vote in favor of the decrees, assuring that they “defend the interests of the rentier class.”
Patxi López (PSOE) reconfirms his party's position to maintain the housing decrees
The PSOE deputy Patxi López has responded to Junts: “We are not going to withdraw the decrees. We are not willing to take a step back in the defense of housing.”
Carlos Hernández (Vox): "you cannot have brought half of America or half of Africa here; it has consequences"
The Vox deputy criticized the Government, assuring that they have not taken measures on immigration issues. “You cannot put thrones to causes and gallows to consequences; you cannot have brought half of America or half of Africa here; it has consequences: it has canceled the future for young people and for Spanish families,” he stated.
Carlos Hernández (Vox): "Instead of changing course, they tell us that to cure the patient it is necessary to increase the dose of poison"
Carlos Hernández of Vox criticized the housing decrees approved by the Central Government. "Instead of changing course, they tell us that to cure the sick, it is necessary to increase the dose of poison. They speak as if they were cardboard revolutionaries, thinking they are poking the evil landlord in the eye; but they are poking in the eye all those people who have been looking for an apartment for months and cannot find one."