Aragon's 2027 budget will reach the regional parliament within “days”, not “weeks”, President Jorge Azcón said on Wednesday. He avoided giving a specific date but stressed that the presentation is imminent. “I can't say a specific day because the important thing is that it is done properly. Presenting it one day earlier or later is not the most relevant thing,” he said.
Housing Minister Octavio López said his department is considering challenging the distribution of €180 million in direct grants to the autonomous communities that have declared stressed residential market areas: Catalonia, the Basque Country, Navarre, Galicia and Asturias.
Aragón has a new government delegate. Noelia Herrero Arenas, until now the government’s subdelegate in Zaragoza, takes over from Fernando Beltrán, who is leaving his institutional post to lead the PSOE’s candidacy for the Congress of Deputies in Zaragoza in the general election on November 29.
This Thursday, agitator Vito Quiles was scheduled to stop in Zaragoza as part of his Combativos II Tour due to the November 29 general election. However, on Monday, the University of Zaragoza withdrew its authorization for the event to preserve its “institutional neutrality,” arguing that its spaces and resources should not be used in a way that could be interpreted as explicit support for political candidates. The event’s future is now uncertain.
The People's Party of Aragón has confirmed who will lead its congressional lists in each constituency for the November 29 elections. Rocío Divar, the regional party's deputy secretary-general, will move from the Senate to the lower house and lead the list in Zaragoza. Compared with the previous election, the senator replaces Pedro Navarro, who resigned his seat last August to return to his professional career.
Spain’s current government delegate, Fernando Beltrán, is leaving his post to lead the Socialist Party list for the Congress of Deputies in Zaragoza ahead of the November 29 elections. Zaragoza Deputy Government Delegate Noelia Herrero will replace him.
The leader of Vox in Aragon, Alejandro Nolasco, accused Pedro Sánchez of attempting to tamper with the electoral register, “attacking something sacred such as sovereignty”, through the Law of Grandchildren. As an example, he pointed out that “the CERA vote in Huesca and Teruel has risen alarmingly”.
The Aragonese Institute for Environmental Management (INAGA) has proposed new measures to improve its operations, including the creation of a specialized livestock activities division, a review of fees and the establishment of a quality and audit department. Its director general, Luis Simal, presented the legislature's action plans on Monday before the Environment and Tourism Committee of the Cortes of Aragon, where he also highlighted progress in digitalization and staff expansion.
Luisa Fernanda Rudi has announced her withdrawal from frontline politics. She is currently a senator, a position she will leave after the November 29 general election. A member of Alianza Popular since the age of 31, she has held the most important positions in Aragonese and national politics: president of the Government of Aragón, mayor of Zaragoza and president of the Congress of Deputies.
The Government of Aragon wants citizens to better understand how the administration works and what it does with public resources. Sheila Serrano, director general for Transparency, Citizen Participation and External Action, said Monday that transparency is a “priority” for the regional executive and outlined her department’s main areas of work during an appearance before the Institutional and Statutory Development Committee of the Cortes of Aragon.
Podemos, like Frente Amplio, also pledged on Monday to “turn the page” on the left’s internal disputes, while guaranteeing it will stand in elections in every provincial constituency, including Zaragoza, Huesca and Teruel, for both the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
The PSOE and Frente Amplio parties have reached an agreement to present joint Senate candidates in the general election on November 29. The pact, finalized late on Friday under the name Senate of Progress, will also apply in Aragon, where the Socialists will share lists with Chunta Aragonesista (CHA) and Izquierda Unida (IU) in all three provinces. The parties aim to consolidate the left-wing vote and challenge the People's Party's current absolute majority in the upper house.
The leader of Se Acabó La Fiesta, Alvise Pérez, received a warm welcome from supporters during Zaragoza’s Pilar festivities as he backed a signature drive to enable the party to stand in the province in the upcoming general elections on November 29.
The Government of Aragon will fund the purchase of more than 70,000 cartridges for wild rabbit population control in 2026. The aid will be granted to the Aragon Hunting Federation (FARCAZA) through the Directorate-General for Hunting and Fishing of the Department of Environment and Tourism.
The left-wing alliance to the PSOE’s left for 29N was unveiled this Friday. Ada Colau, the coalition’s presidential candidate, and Emilio Delgado, its lead candidate in Madrid, traveled to Zaragoza to present CHA-Frente Amplio Aragón alongside Jorge Pueyo and Marta Abengochea. They celebrated the agreement and invited Podemos to join.
Chunta Aragonesista, Izquierda Unida, Movimiento Sumar, Green Party and Recortes Cero have reached an agreement to run a joint candidate list in Aragon under the name Chunta Aragonesista - Frente Amplio Aragón. The coalition announced the agreement and extended an invitation to Podemos to join before Friday.
Izquierda Unida has submitted 183 amendments to the Aragon Housing Bill promoted by the PP-Vox government, seeking to turn it into legislation that guarantees access to housing as a right. Its proposals include making protected housing status permanent, allocating at least 1% of the budget to housing, promoting public rental mediation programs and bringing empty homes into use.
Jorge Azcón has reacted to the pre-election event Pedro Sánchez held in Zaragoza this Wednesday. The Aragonese president said it “caught his attention” that the PSOE leader “came to Aragon not to talk about Aragon,” adding that “he could have said exactly the same in Galicia, Castilla y León or Andalusia.”
The PSOE of Aragon has confirmed its lists in the three provinces for both the Congress of Deputies and the Senate. The Government delegate in Aragon, Fernando Beltrán, will head the candidacy in Zaragoza, while Herminio Sancho and Begoña Nasarre will again lead the lists in Teruel and Huesca, respectively.
Pending ratification by the PSOE’s Provincial and Federal Executives, Spain’s Government delegate in Aragon, Fernando Beltrán, will head the Socialist Party’s Zaragoza list for the Congress of Deputies in the November 29 general election.
