The Popular Party, Vox, and Junts voted this Tuesday in the Congress of Deputies against the extension of Royal Decree 16/2025, of December 23, which included the revaluation of pensions and the extension of the social shield, which among other measures prolonged the prohibition of evicting families in vulnerable situations who have no alternative housing.
This initiative was driven in 2020, when in the midst of the pandemic, the Government of Spain approved the suspension of eviction proceedings in the aforementioned cases. The objective was to safeguard evictions of vulnerable families until December 31, 2026. However, the rule, which was approved as an emergency measure in December 2025, has been repealed due to a lack of support from the lower house.
The main opposition party has voted alongside the far-right and Catalan nationalists to veto the approval of the so-called Omnibus decree. With 178 votes against and no abstentions, it has been repealed.
Among the proposed measures was also the revaluation of pensions and other public benefits, by a minimum amount of 2.7% according to the average value of the consumer price index. One of the people attending the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies shouted at the opposition benches: "Shame on you!", after it became known that this initiative would not go ahead.
The Omnibus Royal Decree also included other measures for situations of social vulnerability and in tax and Social Security matters, as explained by the president of the lower house, Francina Armengol.
Among them, the extension of the amount of the interprofessional minimum wage, accompanying measures to preserve employment, and the extension of tax incentives on personal income tax or corporate tax were considered. This same royal decree also included other tax incentives related to electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, and investments in renewables.
