El Buste Mayor José Ángel Villalba Ruiz has died this Tuesday at the age of 60 from cancer, according to reports and Aragón President Jorge Azcón. A member of the People's Party, Villalba had led the small municipality since 2015 and renewed his mandate in the 2019 and 2023 local elections.
The Government of Aragón believes the challenge announced by the Government Delegation against its decision not to process applications to declare stressed housing areas has “little legal merit.” The regional executive maintains that the decision falls within its powers and continues to favor increasing the housing supply over intervening in rental prices.
Last July, Aragon Housing Minister Octavio López ruled out the possibility of the regional government declaring stressed housing zones in municipalities that requested them. This Monday, Spain's Government Delegation in Aragon announced that the decision had been appealed before the High Court of Justice of Aragon (TSJA).
The Aragon parliament censured Justice Minister Félix Bolaños on Monday over his decision to grant the region seven new judicial posts instead of the 11 originally planned. The initiative, promoted by the PP and defended by its deputy spokeswoman, Elena Allué, was debated by the Institutional Affairs Committee.
Aragon is not currently receiving migrant minors from Ceuta. Aragon’s vice president, Alejandro Nolasco, said Monday that the region will “refuse” to take in any minors “through legal channels.”
Aragon will apply so-called national priority to aid for families with multiple births and adoptions for the first time. The Aragon Government will publish the 2026 call in the BOA on Tuesday, allocating 491,000 euros and requiring beneficiaries to have effectively lived in the region for at least five years before applying. The announcement was made by Vice President and Minister for Deregulation, Social Welfare and Family Alejandro Nolasco.
The PSOE has demanded that Jorge Azcón’s government manage forests “in close coordination with professionals and the local territory” after more than 35,000 hectares burned in Aragón this summer. The party will seek “improvements” to a firefighting operation that, it says, lacked personnel and was marked by labor disputes and protests in many municipalities affected by the fires.
Vox has recruited a longtime figure from the Aragonese Party for the Cortes of Aragon. Ramón Millán, president of the Teruel Provincial Council from 2015 to 2019, has joined the far-right party and will advise its parliamentary group.
People’s Party national MP Jaime de los Santos visited Zaragoza’s Comprehensive Care Center for Victims of Sexual Violence on Friday, alongside Aragonese Women’s Institute director Inmaculada Francisco and Aragón Vice President Mar Vaquero. Vaquero said the PP backed this resource in the region’s three provincial capitals when it took office, accusing the PSOE of leaving “three completely empty premises.”
Aragon’s parliament has approved a non-legislative proposal from the People’s Party calling on the Spanish government to take urgent measures to reduce the impact of rising electricity prices on households and families, including restoring VAT and electricity tax reductions.
The Board of Directors of the Aragon Radio and Television Corporation (CARTV) proposed journalist Raquel Fuertes Rodrigo as the new director general of the regional broadcaster on Thursday. The proposal was approved by a two-thirds majority of the board and has been sent to the Presidency of the Aragon Parliament to begin the parliamentary process established by law. Fuertes currently holds the position on an acting basis after being appointed for the first time in November 2023.
The president of Aragon used his visit to the future Integrated Emergency Management Center of Aragon to once again attack the Socialist Party. Jorge Azcón criticized the Socialists for considering billion-euro technology investments “curses” when “only recently they thought they were blessings.” In his view, this change in position is because the People’s Party is in government.
Historian Domingo Buesa died on Wednesday at the age of 73. The Huesca native had a brief but intense political career, serving as director general of Culture and Heritage for the Government of Aragon from 1996 to 1999 under Santiago Lanzuela. In 2007, he also ran for mayor of Zaragoza for the People's Party.
The Aragon Government approved the spending ceiling on Monday, a preliminary step toward the 2027 budget. The maximum non-financial spending limit for 2027 is €8.3981 billion, the highest in the autonomous region's history.
Chunta Aragonesista (CHA) celebrated the 40th anniversary of its presence in Jacetania in Jaca on Saturday at an event attended by party members, supporters and representatives. Held on the terrace of A Pizqueta, the gathering reviewed the party’s record in the region and outlined its main goals for the future.
The wildfires that have ravaged Aragon since this summer, and their possible link to climate change, have sparked a political debate in the region. Socialist spokesperson Pilar Alegría therefore offered her “outstretched hand” this Saturday to Aragon’s president, Jorge Azcón, to work together on a regional pact addressing the “prevention, firefighting and recovery of affected areas.”
Aragon’s PSOE begins the new political term willing to cooperate with the regional government on major issues affecting the community, while pledging firm opposition to any attempt to undermine, outsource or privatize public services, especially education and healthcare.
Following Thursday’s plenary session in the Cortes of Aragón, marked by the appearance of Aragón President Jorge Azcón over the management of forest fires, the intervention of Health Minister Carmen Susín on the start of the school year, and debate on the Housing Law, Friday will see the first government oversight session since the summer.
Ceuta took center stage during Thursday’s plenary session in the Aragon Parliament, where PP and Vox passed two non-legislative proposals with their votes and opposition from all other parties. The Popular Party initiative calls for “permanently strengthening the protection and surveillance of the Spanish border in Ceuta,” while Vox’s proposal seeks to “solemnly reaffirm Spain’s full and indisputable sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla, rejecting any claim by the Kingdom of Morocco.”
The Housing Law has opened the political year in the Aragon Parliament. Development Minister Octavio López presented his bill to lawmakers during the first plenary session. It seeks to expand the supply and public stock of affordable housing, mobilize public land, strengthen aid for development and access, and cap public-housing rents at 30% of income.
