Spanish General election is just around the corner and with so much at stake these are probably the most important elections since 1982. Here you can find the pledges of the five main political parties in Spain

PSOE

Taxation – Increase tax for big internet platforms. Tax on financial transactions. Increase Diesel tax.

Minimum Wage – progressively increase it until it’s 60% of the minimum wage.

Labour reform – Keep Labour reform but derogate the more damaging aspects of the law.

Territory and Catalunya – Dialogue with Nationalist and independentist parties within the limits of the constitution. Independence referendum not on the table.

Immigration – Speed up asylum requests. Keep engaged in saving refugees in the mediterranean

Civil Liberties – Pro choice on Abortion. Approve a new gender violence law. Pro euthanasia.

Europe – Pro-Europe

PP

Taxation – Eliminate inneritance tax. Reduce corporation tax under 20%. Reduce income tax rate so average taxpayers have a tax cut of about 700 euros a year. Reduce top marginal income tax rate to 40%.

Territory and Catalunya – Apply 155 article. (direct rule of catalunya). Forbid presidential pardons in case of rebellion and sedition. Freeze the transfer of new competences to regional communities.

Labour reform – Keep Labor reform and enhance flexibility

Europe – Pro Europe

Civil Liberties – More restrictive abortion law. Anti euthanasia.

Immigration – Reduce immigration

Ciudadanos

Taxation – Slash taxes for 6 million families. Those with 2 children will have a tax cut of 100 euros a month, those with more will have 200 euros tax cut. Reduce top marginal income tax to 44%. Abolish inheritance tax.

Territory and Catalunya – Apply 155. strenghten the competences of the central government. End the requirement of knowing the co-official language to work in the public admnistration of a certain region.

Europe – Support for european integration in terms of fiscal, defense, security, external policy

Civil Liberties – Pro Euthanasia. Pro surrogacy pregnancy. Pro choice on abortion

Immigration – prioritize immigration from latino american countries

Podemos

Taxation – Increase taxation on highest earners, Create a Wealth tax. Increase taxation on big companies. Make inneritance tax more progressive so heirs with less patrimony don’t end up without inneritance

Territory and Catalunya – Negotiate a referendum on Catalunya Independence

Minimum Wage – Increase it to 1200 euros

Labour reform – Derogate completely

Civil Liberties – Pro choice on abortion, pro euthanasia, in favour of gender violence law

Immigration – total support to refuggees that are in risk of drowing in the meditteranean.

VOX

Taxation – Two tax brackets: One of 22% for those who earn until 60k a year and another of 30% for those who earn more. Reduce Corporate tax to 22% immediatly and progressively reduce it more. Eliminate inneritance tax.

Labour reform – More flexibility

Territory and Catalunya – Abolish autonomic regions. Ban parties and ONG’s that promote Independence. Suspend autonomy of Catalunya. Substitute a state of autonomies for an unitary state with just one parliament. Get back to the central government competences like healthcare, justice, security and education. Supress the Navarre and Basque country arrangment that allows these 2 regions to have a diferente tax system.

Civil Liberties – Derogate completely the gender violence law. Ban abortion. Anti euthanasia. Anti surrogacy pregnancy

Immigration – Deport all ilegal immigrants and legal ones who commited crimes.

Europe – Pro Europe in line with what Visegrad countries want