The Spanish government maintains the aid for the war to the most affected sectors
The council of ministers of this Tuesday will approve a new decree with measures directed also to the families
MadridWith inflation once again through the roof and with no prospects of it falling imminently –the European Central Bank (ECB) has resumed the interest rate hike–, the Spanish government has been forced to extend part of the measures implemented due to the war in Iran. One of the keys is to contain energy prices, both for electricity and fossil fuels.
Aid to affected sectors
The Council of Ministers this Tuesday is scheduled to approve a new royal decree-law. The Ministry of Economy already confirmed last week that Pedro Sánchez's executive would approve a new package of measures (the current one expires this September 30th). Many of them will be directed at the most affected sectors: from agriculture to the transport sector or heavy industry, which have seen energy prices rise – the Strait of Hormuz, still blocked today, used to carry 20% of the world's crude oil trade and a good part of the liquefied natural gas trade. Consequently, other products such as fertilizers have become more expensive, which has an impact on the entire food chain.
Thus, for example, the idea is to maintain direct aid for the purchase of fuel for professional transporters and the agri-food sector, indicate sources from the Ministry of Finance, although they acknowledged that this Monday there was still no fully finalized text. "The night will be long," they indicated from the Treasury. It has been the Tax Agency that has paid this aid until now.
Family aid
Aid for families will also be approved, as revealed this Monday by the Minister of Economy, Carlos Cuerpo, in a press briefing. Here, it will be especially important to see how the 0.15 cent per litre reduction of the special tax on hydrocarbons (IEH) turns out.
However, in the royal decree-law approved on June 30th, aid for vulnerable consumers was approved for the entirety of 2026, with extraordinary discounts on the social electricity bonus – 42.5% for vulnerable consumers and 57.5% for severely vulnerable consumers – as well as the prohibition of cutting off water and energy due to non-payment for families facing the greatest difficulties.