Sánchez announces 2027 budget: a smokescreen
Pedro Sánchez announces steps toward Spain's 2027 budget without having passed those of previous years: smokescreen or electoral strategy. Analysis.
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Sánchez announces steps toward the 2027 budget: what's really behind it?
Pedro Sánchez has announced that his government will begin proceedings for Spain's 2027 General State Budget. Yes, 2027. Even though he has not passed the budgets for 2023, 2024, 2025 or 2026. The news, announced without any further detail, has been met with skepticism and mockery even among his own voters. "The guy is right on schedule, no delays at all," sums up a widespread take. "He lives in a parallel world," say others.
A diversionary maneuver
The opposition and part of the electorate see this announcement as a smokescreen. Governing without budgets for years is already a democratic anomaly, and announcing the 2027 ones now sounds like a bad joke. Some analysts suggest Sánchez may be laying the groundwork for an early election: present a budget knowing he lacks the votes, wait for it to be rejected, and dissolve parliament. A play he already tried in 2023, when it worked because of the post-election context.
A repeat of 2023 is unlikely
However, the most skeptical point out that the "miracle" of 2023 will not repeat itself. The government is more damaged than ever, with its investiture partners (Podemos, ERC, etc.) fragmented and at each other's throats. "No way," they say. The most likely outcome is that the announcement comes to nothing: "Starting proceedings = HE ISN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING." The idea of drawing up budgets seven years ahead is so absurd that some joke: "He should start working on the 2050 budget so everyone realizes he's never leaving."
Between ridicule and strategy, the prime minister is playing the shell game again. But the patience of Spaniards, who have gone years without approved public accounts, has its limits. A Ceausescu-style route to oust the PSOE from power may be the only one left, but Sánchez does not look like someone who will go quietly.
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Pedro Sánchez has announced that his government will begin proceedings for Spain's 2027 General State Budget. Yes, 2027. Even though he has not passed the budgets for 2023, 2024, 2025 or 2026. The news, announced without any further detail, has been met with skepticism and mockery even among his own voters. "The guy is right on schedule, no delays at all," sums up a widespread take. "He lives in a parallel world," say others.
A diversionary maneuver
The opposition and part of the electorate see this announcement as a smokescreen. Governing without budgets for years is already a democratic anomaly, and announcing the 2027 ones now sounds like a bad joke. Some analysts suggest Sánchez may be laying the groundwork for an early election: present a budget knowing he lacks the votes, wait for it to be rejected, and dissolve parliament. A play he already tried in 2023, when it worked because of the post-election context.
A repeat of 2023 is unlikely
However, the most skeptical point out that the "miracle" of 2023 will not repeat itself. The government is more damaged than ever, with its investiture partners (Podemos, ERC, etc.) fragmented and at each other's throats. "No way," they say. The most likely outcome is that the announcement comes to nothing: "Starting proceedings = HE ISN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING." The idea of drawing up budgets seven years ahead is so absurd that some joke: "He should start working on the 2050 budget so everyone realizes he's never leaving."
Between ridicule and strategy, the prime minister is playing the shell game again. But the patience of Spaniards, who have gone years without approved public accounts, has its limits. A Ceausescu-style route to oust the PSOE from power may be the only one left, but Sánchez does not look like someone who will go quietly.
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