Spanish Council of Ministers
Spain's Cabinet, which approves royal decrees.
Spain's Council of Ministers is due to approve The National data-centre royal decree, which minister Óscar López said on 8 October 2026 he hopes to pass before the 29 November general election.
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The council is Spain's Cabinet: the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers and the ministers, acting as the government's main collective decision-making body under Article 98 of the 1978 Constitution and the Government Act of 1997. It approves royal decrees, regulations the government can issue without a parliamentary vote, and meets in the Council Building of the Moncloa Palace complex in Madrid. As of October 2026 Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presides.
On 8 October 2026 Digital Transformation minister Óscar López said the government planned urgent processing to bring the text to Cabinet and the official gazette before the election. The draft drew more than 600 consultation submissions, and the Consejo de Estado had yet to give its opinion.
The text would set an 80% hourly-matched renewables requirement, a test the Aragon government rejected as unmeetable as the consultation ended in September 2026. A decree the council has not approved by polling day passes to whichever government follows.
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