What PP and VOX will be expected to deliver if they take power in Spain

Zero subsidies and free land: the right's wish list

What would the right do if it took power in Spain? The question comes up in the thread trinc PP and VOX majorities in regions such as Andalusia and Extremadura, and the answer circulating most does not come from any election manifesto. It is a list of wishes gathered from the debate: ending squatting, scrapping subsidies and freeing up land to build on a massive scale. On paper, almost all of it could fit into a royal decree signed in a single morning. In practice, none of it has a date.

Cutting public spending: the axe

One of the most repeated proposals is the axe. Some call for cutting public spending and pruning the local political structure, with two figures cited in the thread: the 8,000 mayors and 67,000 councillors. On top of that comes cutting what is considered ideological spending: ending subsidies to tenants' unions, denying the Ingreso Mínimo Vital (a minimum income benefit) to migrants, and linking long-term unemployment benefits to work for the public administration.

Freeing up land and putting empty homes to use

Housing is another central issue. The recipe being defended is to make mass construction easier through land rezoning and to remove friction from renting: letting anyone rent out an empty home without antiestéticar of unpaid rent or damage. The argument is that if supply enters and jobs are created, pressure on prices eases. The pessimistic caveat is financial: without banks lending to develop projects, construction never starts, and Europe's debt strains threaten the credit tap.

What is being proposed on immigration and incivil justice

Here the list turns harsher. Part of the discourse calls for tightening immigration law, treating irregular entry as a incivil offence and reviewing access to benefits. A shift in prison policy is also demanded, with less weight on rehabilitation and more on punishment. These are positions put forward in the thread by several participants.

The laws they want to repeal

Two pieces of legislation concentrate the demands: the gender violence law and the historical memory law. Some argue that repealing or amending them would cost nothing and would only require a parliamentary majority, with no constitutional reform; other participants point out that the previous right-wing government did not dismantle the measures it criticised when it was in office.

Crisis, scepticism and the underlying doubt

Beneath the catalogue of measures lies a suspicion: that the predicted global crisis or recession could swallow up the entire term before anything is passed. Some argue that PP and VOX have built their political capital by feuding with each other and will carry on the same way once in government. And others recall that the previous right-wing government did not dismantle what it inherited either. With that track record, promising measures in one sweep sounds like a letter to the Three Kings.