The Spanish government launches the public employment offer for 2026 without an agreement with the unions

MadridThe Spanish government plans to approve a new call for public jobs this Tuesday. Specifically, the Council of Ministers will approve the public positions for 2026, as announced yesterday, Monday, by the Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Óscar López. The call, however, will come without the backing of the majority unions in the public service, who have denounced the lack of negotiation. In 2025, the government approved 36,588 public positions in the State, a call slightly lower than that of 2024, which was historic with the offer of 40,146 positions. In statements to TVE, López assured that this year's call will be "an example of how to transform public administration jobs, have experts in artificial intelligence (AI) and at the same time not destroy jobs". However, López also indicated that "it makes no sense to continue growing eternally".

The public employment offer in the State reaches the Council of Ministers table after several negotiations between the government and the most representative unions on the negotiation table of the General Administration of the State (CSIF, UGT, CCOO, CIG and ELA). In fact, the unions have denounced that they do not know the figures of the offer and have complained about the lack of transparency from the ministry. Thus, the proposal does not have their endorsement. "We do not have concrete data," pointed out UGT, which also denounces that "the 9,000 positions for labor personnel from previous offers have not yet been called". In a statement, the General Administration of the State Sector of FSC-CCOO pointed out that "there has been no political will" to negotiate the offer, despite holding "three meetings in which no documentation or information has been provided to prove the creation of net employment".

The offer corresponding to 2025 involved the approval of a total of 36,588 public positions. Of these, 26,889 positions were for entry into the general administration of the State (20,324 by free access, while 6,565 positions by internal promotion). The Spanish government estimates that this represents the creation of 5,400 net public jobs. The remaining positions were distributed among the National Police (3,139), the Civil Guard (3,713) and the army (2,847). Some also by internal promotion and others by free access.

As is customary, regarding territorial distribution in the State, it will be known in detail in each of the calls that are opened, as well as an indicative forecast of the specific provinces in which the destinations will be offered. Last year, the offer also lacked the support of the unions, which assured that it was insufficient to cover the needs of public administration.