Overview
- Spain: Ex-minister José Luis Ábalos is set to appear before the Supreme Court on Thursday with possible imprisonment on the table, a move that could cost the government a crucial vote under congressional rules on preventive detention.
- Spain: In a tense control session, Pedro Sánchez rejected Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s attacks as the opposition seizes on the Supreme Court’s recent conviction of the state prosecutor and Ábalos’s case to challenge the government’s budget path.
- Argentina: The Milei government secured a halt to further congressional sessions before the legislative renewal, pushing the 2026 Budget to extraordinary sessions and erasing pending committee reports when the current period ends November 30.
- Argentina: Interior Minister Diego Santilli is lining up meetings with governors to ‘shield’ the 2026 Budget as new senators are sworn in November 28 and deputies on December 3, while Buenos Aires Province’s budget and borrowing package faces delays and uncertain votes.
- Mexico/Peru: Mexico’s opposition reproached Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña for attacking Uruapan mayor Grecia Quiroz, and President Claudia Sheinbaum urged sensitivity; in Peru, interim prosecutor Tomás Gálvez said Delia Espinoza’s return depends on authorization from the JNJ or a court and would be accepted if granted.