Vox plant mass deregulation: three repeals per new law

Vox deregulates: three fewer laws for each new one

On June 27, 2026, Santiago Abascal presented Vox's deregulation plan during the party's Ordinary General Assembly. The flagship proposal: repeal three regulations for every one approved. Priority targets include labor reform, the housing law, the equality law, time tracking, and, according to some analyses, the interprofessional minimum wage. The package, described by its promoters as a "legislative collapse," aims to reverse much of the current government's regulatory structure.

The three-for-one plan: political accounting or good regulation?

The rule of three repeals for each new law is, for its defenders, a mechanism to reduce the state's weight. However, as critical analyses point out, a single two-page provision can generate more compliance costs than a hundred technical norms. A reasonable metric, they argue, should measure compliance cost against benefit, duplications, and administrative deadlines. There are defensible proposals within the plan, such as eliminating mandatory appointments or unifying labeling, but others—such as removing the labor reform or time tracking—would constitute a setback in labor rights.

The elimination of time tracking has generated special rejection among low-income workers. It has been pointed out that for an employee earning around €20,000 gross annually, this measure would facilitate exploitation without control. In parallel, the repeal of the housing law has been interpreted as opening the door to foreign investment funds monopolizing the residential market.

The Argentine mirror: will prices fall?

One recurring question is whether deregulation will lower the cost of living, especially housing. For skeptics, the Argentine experience under Javier Milei's government is illustrative. There, amid possible deregulation, rental supply contracted in 2023, prices rose, and after the electoral victory and peso devaluation, prices returned to 2022 levels, far from the 50% drop some predicted. The conclusion: removing controls does not automatically guarantee lower prices, but may shift costs to tenants and consumers.

Support and criticism in public debate

Vox's plan has polarized opinion. Supporters consider it the only way to end inefficient administration and excessive bureaucracy that stifles freelancers and companies. "Not interfering and stopping putting sticks in the wheels usually helps quite a bit," some summarize. On the other side, warnings arise that deregulation primarily benefits large economic actors and leaves workers unprotected. "The danger of Vox isn't what they say, but what they do," critics note, arguing that promises of freedom often mask cuts to social protections.