The government faces its final plenary session of the year with electricity system measures up in the air.

Starting this morning, the final plenary session of the political year in Congress will debate and vote on three decree laws, three laws amended by the Senate, and a double reform of the regulations. The session begins at 11:00 a.m., and the main unknown of the day is the outcome of the vote on the decree of urgent measures to strengthen the electrical system, a package that must ensure that the sensational blackout of April 28, less than three months ago, will not be repeated.

Podemos—determined to distance itself from the PSOE and, above all, its partner, Sumar—has already warned that it will vote against the approval of the electricity decree, and it remains to be seen what the Popular Party will do.

The electricity companies are very interested in seeing the decree published as soon as possible, but the People's Party (PP) does not want the final plenary session of the current political year to end with a positive outcome for the government. Therefore, it will have to decide between upsetting the energy companies by voting against the government's proposal or satisfying the executive branch with at least an abstention.

Barring any last-minute changes, the PNV (Basque Nationalist Party) and ERC (Republican Left) parties, which had reservations about this decree, have reached separate agreements with the government. Bildu, for its part, has already decided it will vote in favor. Junts (Junts), as usual, has not yet announced how it will vote, but yesterday Minister Bolaños assured that relations with the party led by Carles Puigdemont are on the right track.

A few weeks ago, the possibility was raised that the government would bring the vote on the reduction of the working day, promoted by the Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, to this session. The possibility of debating the justice reform promoted by Minister Félix Bolaños was even suggested. Both have been left off the agenda and remain under negotiation with allies, particularly Junts per Catalunya. The fact that these legislative projects have been left out of the session could guarantee the government a strong result at the end of the session.

One of the laws that could be approved is the creation of the State Public Health Agency.

In addition to the electricity decree, two other bills will be put to the vote. One relates to advance payments to regional governments and local governments, and the other relates to tax incentives for certain events of public interest. Both are expected to be approved.

The plenary session will also vote on Senate amendments to three laws that were previously submitted by Congress. Among these laws is the creation of the State Public Health Agency, which is returning to the lower house for the second time after being torpedoed by Junts (Junts), which forced the government to reintroduce it. In theory, this time, it will finally pass.

Two reforms to the Congressional regulations will also be debated. One of them is the thorny restriction on partisan journalism, that is, on activists—mainly from far-right media—accredited as reporters in the Chamber. This reform is opposed by Vox and the PP. The approval of this modification is guaranteed and has the majority support of professional journalism associations.

The other, related to the use of inclusive language, will result in the Congress of Deputies being called simply Congress.

This end-of-year plenary session is important because it establishes the framework for political relations with a view to what will happen in September, which, presumably, will be quite a challenge.

The Popular Party (PP) on the one hand and Vox on the other will have to establish their positions throughout the day, but, especially for the PP, Tuesday's session is complicated not so much by what it will defend on the speakers' platform but by the fact that the revelations in the Montoro case have changed the landscape.

Two weeks ago, it was the Socialists who were forced to offer all sorts of explanations in the halls of Congress due to the outbreak of the Cerdán scandal. Now, it's the People's Party (PP) that must deal with the shadow of its own past.

As every day, another surprise cannot be ruled out, changing the course of the day, but everything points to a draw: the investiture majority, battered but without a chance; the government, in place for now; and the PP and PSOE, overwhelmed by their own misery.