Spain's Government and Supreme Court Clash Over Migrant Regularization

The Spanish executive is pressing ahead with its migrant regularisation scheme despite the Supreme Court’s recent request that the European Court of Justice assess whether the programme conflicts with EU law. The Court has opened a period for the autonomous regions of Aragon and the Valencian Community, both led by the PP, to submit their views on a possible prejudicial question. Government officials say the Supreme Court has already rejected interim measures in earlier cases and they expect the process to continue.

More than one million applications have been filed, with over half a million provisional permits already issued. The administration argues that many of these authorisations are irreversible and that a halt would jeopardise a key component of its immigration policy, which it frames as both humanitarian and economic. In parallel, the Prime Minister unveiled an integration and citizenship plan funded with €505 million for the first year, aiming to improve access to public services, language training and labour market integration for regularised migrants. Ministers have publicly expressed confidence that the scheme complies with all legal guarantees and will stand up to judicial scrutiny.