Podemos unveils programme for Spain's 2026 elections
Podemos has set out five pillars for the 2026 elections: a €1,800 minimum wage, a 30-hour week, caps on housing prices and zero spending on wars.
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Podemos has presented five proposals for the 2026 elections, including raising the minimum wage to €1,800 and setting the working week at 30 hours. The package covers housing, cost of living, military spending, public services and climate.
The leadership of Podemos has condensed its programme for the 2026 elections into five pillars. They were presented in a video released by the party under the slogan "peace, housing and work". The list is short and each point fits on one line: housing to live in, making the cost of living cheaper, zero euros for wars, raising the minimum wage to **€1,800** with a **30-hour** week, and protecting public services alongside climate change policies.
## Minimum wage and 30-hour week
The most concrete point is labour. Podemos sets the minimum wage at **€1,800** per month and a **30-hour** working week. Both measures have already circulated in Spanish public debate, but no government has implemented them in those terms. The 30-hour week exists in some sectoral collective agreements, but not as a general rule.
The minimum wage ended 2024 at **€1,136** per month over 14 payments. Moving to €1,800 means a jump of more than 50% and affects collective bargaining, social security contributions and the competitiveness of labour-intensive sectors.
## Housing, prices and military spending
The other pillars are vaguer. "Houses are for living in" points to restricting purchases by investment funds and expanding the public housing stock, without figures. "Lowering the cost of living" gives no details on instruments. "Not a single euro for wars" clashes with Spain's NATO commitments, which require raising defence spending.
## A programme with a classic profile
The proposal fits the party's traditional profile: wages, working hours, housing and social spending. The 2026 electoral calendar has not yet been finalised. Any measure of this kind would require a parliamentary majority and, in the case of the minimum wage, agreement with employers and unions.
The leadership of Podemos has condensed its programme for the 2026 elections into five pillars. They were presented in a video released by the party under the slogan "peace, housing and work". The list is short and each point fits on one line: housing to live in, making the cost of living cheaper, zero euros for wars, raising the minimum wage to **€1,800** with a **30-hour** week, and protecting public services alongside climate change policies.
## Minimum wage and 30-hour week
The most concrete point is labour. Podemos sets the minimum wage at **€1,800** per month and a **30-hour** working week. Both measures have already circulated in Spanish public debate, but no government has implemented them in those terms. The 30-hour week exists in some sectoral collective agreements, but not as a general rule.
The minimum wage ended 2024 at **€1,136** per month over 14 payments. Moving to €1,800 means a jump of more than 50% and affects collective bargaining, social security contributions and the competitiveness of labour-intensive sectors.
## Housing, prices and military spending
The other pillars are vaguer. "Houses are for living in" points to restricting purchases by investment funds and expanding the public housing stock, without figures. "Lowering the cost of living" gives no details on instruments. "Not a single euro for wars" clashes with Spain's NATO commitments, which require raising defence spending.
## A programme with a classic profile
The proposal fits the party's traditional profile: wages, working hours, housing and social spending. The 2026 electoral calendar has not yet been finalised. Any measure of this kind would require a parliamentary majority and, in the case of the minimum wage, agreement with employers and unions.
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