Overview
- The coordinated plan was agreed in Santander by officials from Cantabria, Galicia, La Rioja, Aragón, Madrid, Castilla y León and the Basque Country, with additional backing from Andalucía, Murcia, Valencia, Canarias, Baleares, Extremadura, Ceuta and Melilla.
- The regions demand an immediate sectoral conference, the overdue six‑year conservation report to Brussels—last submitted for 2013–2018—and the transfer of National Conservation Strategy funds, which Galicia says include €12 million owed.
- Regional representatives report sharp growth in wolf presence and livestock attacks, arguing the surge threatens extensive grazing and requires management measures.
- Asturias declined to attend, calling the initiative electoralist, and the minister for ecological transition did not appear despite being invited.
- The push unfolds alongside legal hurdles, including the Ombudsman’s constitutional challenge to changes removing the wolf from the special protection list and a Galician court suspension that blocks 2025–2026 control actions.