The investiture bloc collapses again after the PSOE-Junts migration pact collapses.

Another blow to Sánchez. The internal division within Sumar coincides with the collapse predicted by the latest polls.

On Tuesday night, Congress rejected taking into consideration the agreement reached by the PSOE and Junts (Junts) to delegate powers to Catalonia that the Constitution grants to the State regarding immigration matters. It did so in a vote that highlighted the collapse of the bloc that, in November 2023, made it possible for Pedro Sánchez to continue as Prime Minister after losing the general elections.

This is the second setback suffered by the coalition government since the start of the current term. On September 10, Carles Puigdemont's party rejected the flagship measure for the current term of the second vice president and leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz: the reduction of the working week to 37.5 hours . The session demonstrated the total distrust between the parties that kept Sánchez in power. Unidas Podemos once again called Junts "racist," while the neo-Convergents, ERC, and EH Bildu accused the party led by former ministers Ione Belarra and Irene Montero of being "centralist," "Jacobin," and opposed to improving self-government.

Unidas Podemos took the opportunity to establish its own profile and further distance itself from Sumar , with whom it broke up after the general elections. Two years after their divorce, the coalition led by Díaz is suffering a setback in the polls, while Unidas Podemos is growing. Meanwhile, within Sumar, internal divisions are becoming chronic: Compromís and CHA voted differently, and in recent days Más Madrid and Izquierda Unida (IU) have openly criticized the leadership.

For Puigdemont's party, migration has become a vital issue in the face of the new transformation that, according to the latest polls, Catalonia's political landscape is undergoing. In the spring of 2024, the independence movement lost its absolute majority in the Parliament, and in August, Salvador Illa (PSC) won the presidency of the Generalitat.

One year and five months later, several polls predict the collapse of Junts and the rise of the Catalan Alliance (AC), a pro-independence, far-right party that made its debut in Parliament in the last elections, with one MP for Girona and another for Lleida. Now, polls predict it could win up to 19 seats. Meanwhile, Junts could lose up to 40% of its representatives, and alarm bells have been ringing in its ranks.

Hence her commitment to toughening her approach, as reflected in her speech in the House of Representatives by her spokesperson in the Lower House, Míriam Nogueras . She asserted that there is an "overflow" in Catalonia: "The data is very clear; in the last 15 years, one in four immigrants arriving in Spain has settled in Catalonia," she proclaimed. For this reason, she demanded that residence and long-term stay permits be managed, expulsion proceedings be processed, hiring personnel at the source of origin be carried out, and work permits be taken care of. Another of the demands she elicited from the PSOE was the presence of regional police at border crossings.

Faced with this battery of demands, Unidas Podemos accused Junts of "treating immigration as a social danger." These criticisms were echoed by Gabriel Rufián ( ERC ), who accused his former neo-Convergent partners of having embarked on a "dangerous path" after buying into the far-right 's mentality.

The Socialists attempted to downplay the mess of cross-statements. Government spokesperson Pilar Alegría asserted that they would continue negotiating with Junts and "improving" self-government.