Together, they are putting the law against multiple recidivism on track in Congress with the support of the PSOE and PP.

MadridTwo days after Pedro Sánchez acknowledged the "failures" with Junts and expressed his willingness to "restart" relations with Carles Puigdemont's party, the Junts members have secured one of their parliamentary demands. The Socialists have agreed to unblock Junts's law on multiple recidivism, which in turn had the support of the PP. Junts members reached an agreement with both the PSOE and the PP on modifications to the legislation, and the changes introduced received the backing of all three parties, as well as Vox and the PNV. In a meeting this Thursday, the report from the drafting committee was approved, a first step while awaiting final details in committee, expected in a couple of weeks. Junts celebrates that the main body of the text and the philosophy behind their proposed law have been preserved and now have the necessary majority. The commitment is that it will be voted on in the first plenary session of next year, which will be the first week of February.

In the vote to consider the legislation in September 2024, the initiative already had the support of both the PSOE and the PP, the latter of which has its own law against repeat offenders currently being processed. However, since then, the Junts proposal had been shelved. Amidst the Spanish Prime Minister's attempt to reach out to Puigdemont's party again in the face of the parliamentary deadlock they have created, the PSOE has decided to accelerate the process and allow one of Junts' demands to pass, despite the rejection it generates among the rest of the plurinational majority. EH Bildu and Podemos have already positioned themselves firmly against it, while ERC, for the moment, is reserving its vote and asking for time to thoroughly study the proposal.

The Junts proposal suggests punishing the theft of "mobile, computer, or communication devices, or electronic or technological devices" with between one and three years in prison. This type of theft is thus added to the aggravated offenses, even though it is not currently included in the Penal Code. Furthermore, in the case of petty thefts—amounts less than 400 euros—which are currently punished only with a fine, more than three offenses would also be punishable by imprisonment. Juntos proposes eliminating the current requirement that the total value of the offenses must exceed 400 euros.