Overview
- After Congress rejected Vox’s nationwide ban last week, parties refocused on how to respond without criminalizing women who wear full-face veils.
- Junts has registered a bill to prohibit the burka and niqab in public spaces, with a first debate and vote expected in a late‑March plenary.
- The Junts text presents the curb as a restriction on face‑covering garments for identification and seeks to delegate executive powers to the Catalan government over public security, border control, and ID documents.
- ERC backs discouraging full‑face veils through inclusion and mediation, rejects fines and Criminal Code changes, and floats community service as a non‑punitive alternative.
- ERC figures Gabriel Rufián and Oriol Junqueras have denounced the burka and signaled conditional openness to support Junts if the proposal includes reasonable elements, as negotiations and potential amendments take shape.