Spain’s People’s Party (PP) has put food tax relief and tighter migration rules at the center of its Nov. 29 election platform, Reuters reported, as polls show it ahead of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists.
The PP says a reduction in value-added tax (VAT) on basic foods should last only while what it describes as an inflation and purchasing-power crisis continues. It also proposes a 0% income tax rate for people earning the minimum wage.
On climate, the PP proposes ending deadlines for targets it judges unattainable and rolling back rules it says threaten competitiveness, industry or employment. The party retains support for Europe’s decarbonization goal.
The party proposes a ban on migrant regularizations it describes as “mass and indiscriminate.” It would set annual work-visa limits for selected sectors, with eligibility tied to applicants coming from countries that cooperate on returns and efforts to curb irregular migration. It also proposes barring Islamic face coverings in public spaces and tightening conditions for development aid.
Additional proposals would reserve some welfare benefits for people who can document enduring connections to Spain. The PP would also specify when naturalized citizens convicted of offenses against state integrity, the international community, life, sexual freedom or national security could lose their nationality.
The party proposes higher army pay and an increase in troop numbers, alongside a rule that would scrap three regulations for each new one. On foreign policy, the PP backs ongoing political, economic, military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, along with sanctions on Russia while Russian aggression continues. It wants to repair ties across the Atlantic with the United States while avoiding trade wars, and reopen talks with Britain on the EU-Gibraltar arrangement, which it says Spain’s Congress has not endorsed.
Reuters said the PP is likely to need an alliance with Vox to govern, despite its lead in polls. EconoTimes previously covered polling projections for a combined PP-Vox majority. Spain’s election is scheduled for Nov. 29.
