PP and Vox seal Castilla y León coalition deal with 'national priority' clause on social aid and housing

The deal after 80 days

Alfonso Fernández Mañueco (PP) and Carlos Pollán (Vox) signed the pact on Wednesday in Valladolid, ending a post-election deadlock that began with the 15 March regional ballot. The PP won 33 seats and Vox 14, and the new executive will have ten departments — seven for the PP and three for Vox. Vox takes the portfolios of Deregulation, Family and Social Aid (including immigration powers); Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Affairs and Environmental Policy (covering hunting and fishing); and Culture, Tourism and Sport. One of those areas will carry a vice-presidency, still to be defined. The PP keeps Presidency, Economy and Finance, Health, Education, and Industry and Employment, plus a second vice-presidency with direct responsibility for housing, equal opportunities and the fight against depopulation.

It is a good day for Castilla y León.

Of course we trust the PP; we believe in their good disposition, otherwise we would not be here.

National priority

Both parties embedded the 'national priority' principle, already applied in Extremadura and Aragón, as the guiding criterion for public aid and social housing. The text states that access to all subsidies, grants and benefits will be inspired by the principle of national priority, ensuring the preferential allocation of public resources to those with a real, lasting and verifiable connection to the territory. People in an irregular situation are excluded from structural social services and benefits, with access limited exclusively to cases of vital emergency. For protected housing, the agreement demands a minimum of ten years of historical registration in Castilla y León and Spain for purchase, and five years for rental.

The objective is a priority allocation of public services to those who have a real and effective connection with our land, always within the legal framework.

Migration measures

PP and Vox agreed to eliminate all subsidies, aid, agreements and contracts with NGOs that directly or indirectly promote, facilitate or sustain illegal immigration, or that act as necessary cooperators with people-trafficking mafias. The document warns that the regional government will not allocate a single public euro to structures that encourage the pull effect. No new reception centre for illegal immigrants will be opened during the legislature, nor will places in existing ones be expanded. The parties also commit to actively working to return unaccompanied minors to their countries of origin. Before the end of 2026, the PP and Vox parliamentary groups will urge the Spanish government to immediately adapt national legislation to the new European Return Regulation approved by the European Parliament in March.

Tax and economic pledges

The 62-page document spans 19 sections and 324 measures. On taxation, the parties promise a progressive annual reduction of 0.25 percentage points in the regional IRPF rate, a zero tax on property transfers in rural areas, and deductions of €1,200 for a first child, €1,700 for a second and €2,500 for a third. New self-employed workers get a 24-month zero quota, and a €20,000 aid programme for business succession is included. The agreement also rejects debt forgiveness for autonomous communities and opposes bilateral deals that create first- and second-class citizens.

Stability and investiture

Both formations committed to passing four budgets over the legislature, though the tight parliamentary calendar pushes the first new budget to 2027, with the 2024 accounts remaining extended for now. The investiture of Mañueco is expected next week. The pact mirrors the architecture of earlier PP-Vox deals in Extremadura and Aragón, consolidating a pattern of right-wing coalitions at the regional level even as the two parties clash in national politics.