Spain to start work on 2027 state budget, Sánchez announces

Pedro Sánchez's government has announced the start of the process for Spain's 2027 state budget, with the drafting order heading to the official gazette this very week. Without a majority in Congress, the budget cannot pass and last year's figures are rolled over.

## What Sánchez announced

Pedro Sánchez has announced that the government will set out the steps to present and approve the 2027 state budget. The drafting order, according to his words, will be published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado (Spain's official gazette, BOE) this very week. He said so at an event covered by **El País**.

That order is the starting gun. It sets the calendar and deadlines ministries will have to send their proposals to the Treasury.

## The Constitution sets the clock

Article **134.3** of the Constitution requires the government to present the budget in Congress at least **three months** before the previous year's expire. For 2027, that puts the deadline at around **30 September 2026**.

That is why announcing the drafting order is more than paperwork. It signals that the executive wants to open parliamentary negotiations with time to spare.

## No votes means a rollover

Publishing an order approves nothing. The budget needs a majority in the **Congress of Deputies**. Without one, the previous year's budget is automatically extended: the state keeps running, but without the power to change taxes or reallocate spending.