El Gobierno reta a "retratarse" a Junts y se niega a retirar los decretos

The Spanish government has rejected Junts' proposal to withdraw two housing decrees and decided to keep them despite the party led by Carles Puigdemont announcing it would vote against them along with the Popular Party and Vox. The government responded to Junts' refusal with a statement urging the independentista formation to withdraw from Congress this Friday and refusing to withdraw either of the two housing decrees approved by the Council of Ministers the previous Tuesday.

It is time for PP, Vox, and Junts to stand together and demonstrate whether they stand with the citizenry or speculators in housing matters, according to government sources. They have urged the three parties to decide if they are with the middle class and working citizens or the elites, highlighting the work done over months to accommodate the views of different parliamentary groups and build consensus that meets the demands and needs of the citizenry.

The government defends having worked on both texts for months to accommodate the views of different parliamentary groups and build a consensus that meets the demands and needs of the citizenry. In their opinion, and despite the criticisms received in recent days from housing promoters, experts, and jurists, the decrees contain effective measures to curb speculation, put a lid on speculative funds, facilitate access to first-time home ownership, promote affordable rentals, and curb evictions without harming small property owners.

Spain can no longer wait for solutions and a courageous housing policy, the government sentences from Moncloa, without clarifying if, despite maintaining the vote planned for Friday in Congress, they will take Junts' glove and rewrite another decree to approve it the following Tuesday in the lower House again.