The governing team of the Leganés City Council extended an invitation to opposition parties to discuss the upcoming municipal accounts and the management of the Treasury surplus. However, both the PSOE and VOX have declined to participate in these meetings, citing conditions that, according to the local government, are unrelated to the budget debate.

In contrast, the municipal group Más Madrid has been the only one to sit at the negotiating table to discuss proposals, showing a willingness to engage in dialogue. Meanwhile, Podemos has postponed its meeting, citing “agenda reasons”.

The mayor of Leganés, Miguel Ángel Recuenco, criticized the parties' stance, noting that the residents of the town “are once again realizing the hypocrisy of the opposition parties.” He highlighted the PSOE as an example, stating that they “call for dialogue to restore democratic normality, according to them, but when they are summoned to start working on consensual budgets for this city, they cowardly prefer to flee.”

The PSOE justified its refusal to meet with the municipal government by citing the need for a “detailed prior analysis” and linking any negotiation to “prior compliance with proposals unrelated to the budget debate itself.” For its part, VOX referred to a previous agreement with the Partido Popular, which, according to PP sources, was “unilaterally broken” by VOX.

From the City Council, they regret that the responses from most opposition groups “have in common the search for excuses and alibis to avoid facing the reality demonstrated by their texts: that they do not want to contribute anything to the city, because they have nothing to contribute.” Despite the obstacles, the local government, formed by PP and ULEG, reiterates its willingness to dialogue to avoid a deadlock scenario like the one experienced last year.