The Provincial Council approves a 267 million budget for 2027 on its own

The extraordinary Plenary of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra initially approved the provincial budget for the 2027 financial year on November 6, 2026, solely with the votes of the PP, along with the credit modification file 10/2026. The agreement was made public in the Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO) no. 220, of November 13, 2026, section I (Local Administration), in the summary of agreements adopted by the plenary session with official reference 2026078161.

The session had been convened by presidential resolution at twelve o’clock on Friday, November 6, 2026, with an agenda of only two points: the initial approval of the 2027 budget (files 2026075262, 2026057910, and 2026073984) and the initial approval of credit modification 10/2026 (files 2026075506 and 2026075492). The call was published in BOPPO no. 214, of November 5, 2026, reference 2026077061.

Twenty-seven members attended the plenary: 14 from the PP, 9 from the PSdeG-PSOE, and 4 from the BNG. Luis López Diéguez (PP) presided, María Beatriz del Cerro del Río acted as secretary, and Antonio Graña Gómez as comptroller.

A budget without opposition support

The first point was approved by majority, with the vote in favor of the PP group and the vote against of the two opposition groups. The breakdown was as follows:

• In favor: PP (14 votes).
• Against: PSdeG-PSOE (9 votes).
• Against: BNG (4 votes).

Credit modification 10/2026 had a different majority, as it encountered the abstention of the opposition:

• In favor: PP.
• Abstentions: PSdeG-PSOE and BNG.

Four budgets and 267.4 million consolidated

The general budget initially approved integrates the budgets of the four entities that depend on the provincial institution, according to the public exhibition edict published in BOPPO no. 218, of November 11, 2026 (reference 2026078206):

• Provincial Council of Pontevedra: 261,860,393.00 euros.
• Foundation of the University School of Nursing: 715,636.00 euros.
• Provincial Consortium of Pontevedra for the provision of the fire and rescue service: 6,517,600.00 euros.
• Consortium for the fire and rescue service of the regions of Deza and Tabeirós-Terra de Montes: 1,350,994.00 euros.
• Consolidated general budget, in income and expenditure: 267,421,392.00 euros.

Along with the figures, the package includes the execution bases of the general budget and those specific to each entity, the personnel tables and the lists of job positions for civil service, permanent labor, management, and temporary staff, the Investment Annex for the 2027 financial year, and the medium-term (framework) budgetary plan 2027-2029.

Fifteen business days to claim

The agreement is provisional. In accordance with article 112 of Law 7/1985, regulating the bases of the local regime, and article 169 of the revised text of the Law regulating local finances (Legislative Royal Decree 2/2004), the budgets shall be open to public inspection for fifteen business days from the day following the publication of the announcement in the BOPPO, so that legitimate interested parties may examine the file and submit claims based on the grounds of article 170.2. If none are filed, the agreement becomes final.

The list of job positions is furthermore subject to public information for twenty business days, pursuant to article 202 of Law 2/2015 on public employment in Galicia. All documentation (justifying reports, reports, and other parts of the file) will be published in the transparency spaces of depo.gal and the electronic headquarters of the provincial fire consortium.

700,000 euros in credit supplements

Credit modification 10/2026, published in the same BOPPO of November 11 (reference 2026078207), includes credit supplements (SUP.09/26) for the amount of 700,000.00 euros. This is processed under article 177 in relation to 169 of the revised text of the Law regulating local finances, with an identical period of fifteen business days of public exhibition and elevation to final status if there are no objections.

The relevance of the decision is direct for the 61 municipalities of the province: the 2027 budget establishes the framework for transfers, cooperation plans, and the investment annex that finances municipal works and services, and its final approval will occur without modifications if no one claims within the period opened by the publication in the BOPPO.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO), no. 220, November 13, 2026, section I (Local Administration) (official reference: 2026078161).