What it is

Creation of the Committee of Inquiry on the so-called 'Operation Catalonia' and the actions of the Ministry of the Interior during the governments of the People's Party regarding the alleged irregularities linking senior officials and police commanders to the existence of a para-police network.

Committee step 4 of 7 · Unfinished

Type of initiative: comision de investigacion art 52. It was introduced on 12 December 2023. Introduced by: Pleno del Congreso.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 152/000001· updated 11 Nov

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 4 of 7 steps. It reached Committee, and today it is unfinished.

Introduced12 December 2023Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted12 December 2023The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committee28 February 2024A committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenarynot reachedThe deputies vote, usually in the plenary; some laws are passed by a committee without going to it.
Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOEnot reachedThe King gives royal assent and it is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). It comes into force on the date it sets, or after 20 days if it sets none.

See the 4 official steps on a timeline

22 October 2025

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 176 yes · 171 no · 1 abst.

Voted on: Request for a one-year extension of the deadline for the issuance of the Report of the Investigative Committee on the so-called Operation Catalonia and the actions of the Ministry of the Interior during the governments of the Popular Party in relation to the alleged irregularities linking senior officials and police commanders to the existence of a parapolice network.

This law had 2 votes; this is the latest with every deputy’s vote. See them all

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 14 of sitting 141· updated 10 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

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More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Euskal Herria Bildu, Plurinacional SUMAR, Republicano, Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Junts per Catalunya and Mixto. Against, most of Popular en el Congreso and VOX. 2 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 9 most voted in favour; in 30, against.

Coloured by how most of each province’s deputies voted.

In favour: 9
Against: 30
Tie: 13

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Euskal Herria Bildu	6	5 in favour · 1 did not vote
Plurinacional SUMAR	26	25 in favour · 1 did not vote
Republicano	7	7 in favour
Socialista	120	120 in favour
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Junts per Catalunya	7	7 in favour
Mixto	9	7 in favour · 1 against · 1 abst.
Popular en el Congreso	137	137 against
VOX	33	33 against

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 152/000001
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 14 of sitting 141
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 10 November 2026

The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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