PSOE and Sumar Advance 'Grandchildren Law' Amendment Despite Legal Warnings
Lawmakers push through a change to an education bill to protect a law on descendants of exiles, defying congressional lawyers' advice.
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What this story says
- PSOE and Sumar have processed an amendment to an education reform bill to protect the 'Grandchildren Law'.
- Congressional lawyers advised the amendment was incongruent with the education bill and potentially unconstitutional.
- Despite the legal warning, PSOE and Sumar used their majority on the Education Committee to vote the amendment forward.
- The PP has stated its intention to appeal the decision to the Bureau of Congress.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 10 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 3 of the 13 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
60/100
Craft
71/100
Hype
48/100
13 sources · methodology
Missing from the left
None of the 10 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.
Spain's ruling parties, PSOE and Sumar, have advanced an amendment to an education reform bill that seeks to protect the 'Grandchildren Law'. This law, which facilitates nationality for descendants of Spanish exiles, had faced a Supreme Court suspension. Congressional lawyers issued a report stating the amendment was 'incongruent' with the education bill and could be unconstitutional.
Despite the lawyers' assessment, the PSOE and Sumar representatives, holding a majority on the Education Committee, voted to proceed with the amendment. The Popular Party (PP) has announced it will appeal this decision to the Bureau of Congress.
Disagreement on the amendment's constitutionality
Congressional lawyers advised that the amendment was 'incongruent' with the education bill and its approval could be considered unconstitutional. OKDIARIO reported that the lawyers stated amendments must be congruent with the initiative's object and purpose, and failure to do so could violate Article 23 of the Constitution regarding citizens' right to participate in public affairs. El Confidencial noted the lawyers' report stated there was no material connection allowing for doubt about the homogeneity between the bill's object and the amendment's wording, and warned of a potential violation of Article 23 if congruency was not respected.
What the coverage left out
None of the reports printed below mention the specific number of votes cast by the PP representatives on the Education Committee, only that they protested and voted against the amendment. The exact date of the Supreme Court's suspension of the 'Grandchildren Law' instruction is not specified in any of the reports.
Coverage settled. We checked this 17 times and stopped on 5 Oct 2026, 21:30. The figures above are what it finished at.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left ran this story. We watched the coverage until it stopped changing, and none appeared.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- El Confidencial reported that PSOE and Sumar used their majority on the Education Committee to admit an amendment to the education reform bill. This amendment, described as 'intrusive', aims to elevate the 'Grandchildren Law' instruction, which had been suspended by the Supreme Court, to the status of law. The report highlighted that the amendment had no connection to the education bill's purpose and that congressional lawyers had issued a contrary report. It also mentioned the PP's announcement of a formal complaint to the Bureau of Congress, characterising the move as a 'legislative botch' and suggesting an electoral motive for the government.
Right
8 rated outlets
- Right-rated reports focused on the government's defiance of congressional lawyers' advice. OKDIARIO stated PSOE and Sumar 'challenged' the lawyers and 'strained' the amendment to shield the 'Grandchildren Law' from the Supreme Court. El Español described the action as the government ignoring lawyers and endorsing a 'trick to legalize fraud'. El Debate reported that PSOE and Sumar 'despised' the lawyers' report and approved the amendment. Libertad Digital noted they 'maintain the intrusive amendment' despite the contrary report. ESdiario framed it as PSOE and Sumar turning education into a 'colander' to shield the law, despite lawyers' warnings that the matters were unconnected and the manoeuvre could violate constitutional rights. The Objective reported that PSOE and Sumar 'ignore lawyers and sneak into the Education Act' to legalise the law. Multiple right-rated outlets, including OKDIARIO, El Debate, Libertad Digital, and El Español, reported the PP's announcement of an appeal to the Bureau of Congress. OKDIARIO and El Confidencial mentioned Sofia Puente, sister of the Minister of Transport, in relation to the instruction.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover PSOE and Sumar Advance 'Grandchildren Law' Amendment Despite Legal…?
- Of the 10 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 20% are rated centre, 80% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 13. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is PSOE and Sumar Advance 'Grandchildren Law' Amendment Despite Legal… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 10 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of PSOE and Sumar Advance 'Grandchildren Law' Amendment Despite Legal… biased?
- PSOE and Sumar Advance 'Grandchildren Law' Amendment Despite Legal Warnings is one event reported by 13 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting PSOE and Sumar Advance 'Grandchildren Law' Amendment Despite Legal…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered PSOE and Sumar Advance 'Grandchildren Law' Amendment Despite Legal…?
- 13 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What is the 'Grandchildren Law' amendment about?
- The amendment, processed by PSOE and Sumar within an education reform bill, aims to protect the 'Grandchildren Law' from a Supreme Court suspension. This law facilitates nationality for descendants of Spanish exiles.
- What was the congressional lawyers' assessment of the amendment?
- Congressional lawyers issued a report stating the amendment was 'incongruent' with the education bill and potentially unconstitutional. They warned that it lacked material connection to the bill's purpose and could violate citizens' rights to participate in public affairs.
- What action has the PP announced?
- The Popular Party (PP) has announced that it will appeal the decision to proceed with the amendment to the Bureau of Congress, criticising the move as a legal manoeuvre.
Read it at the source
13 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
2- The PSOE Has Voted in Favour of Considering the Sumar Amendment in an Educational Project to Modify the "Nietos Law" Against the Criteria of the Lawyers of Congress·Damn.es - Journalism so that They Do Not Hang It (opens Maldita.es in a new tab)
Maldita.es — is Maldita.es biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PSOE and Sumar Process the Intruding Amendment to the 'Grandchildren' Law' Despite the Rejection of Congressional Lawyers (opens El Confidencial in a new tab)
El Confidencial — is El Confidencial biased? Our profile of this outlet
Right
8- PSOE and Sumar Already Process the Electoral Census Trap in the Grandkids Law to Manipulate the Supreme Court (opens Vozpópuli in a new tab)
Vozpópuli — is Vozpópuli biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- PSOE and Sumar Agree to Process the Pirate Amendment to Reform the 'Grandchildren' Law' Questioned by Congressional Lawyers and the PP Will Appeal It (opens El Mundo in a new tab)
- Government Ignores Congressional Lawyers and Endorses the Trick to Legalize Fraud in the 'Grandchildren' Law' (opens EL ESPAÑOL in a new tab)
EL ESPAÑOL — is EL ESPAÑOL biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- PSOE and Sumar Despise Counsel's Report and Approve the Grandchild Law Amendment (opens El Debate in a new tab)
- PSOE and Sumar Maintain the 'Intrusive' Amendment to the Nietos Act Despite the Contrary Report by Congressional Lawyers (opens Libertad Digital in a new tab)
Libertad Digital — is Libertad Digital biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PSOE and Sumar Challenge Congressional Lawyers and Strain the Amendment to Shield the Nietos Law From the Supreme (opens OKDIARIO in a new tab)
- PSOE and Sumar Turn Education Into a Colander to Shield the "Grandchildren's Law" (opens ESdiario in a new tab)
ESdiario — is ESdiario biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- PSOE and Sumar Dismiss the Lawyers and Process the Intruding Amendment on the 'Grandchildren' Law' (opens ABC in a new tab)
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3- The 'Grandchildren' Law' Advances in Congress with Amendments that Extend Spanish Nationality (opens Qué! in a new tab)
- PP Accuses the Government of Endorsing Grandchild Law Fraud by Ignoring Congressional Lawyers (opens Moncloa in a new tab)
- PSOE and Sumar Ignore Lawyers and Sneak Into the Education Act Legalize 'Grandchildren' Law' (opens The Objective in a new tab)
The Objective — is The Objective biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
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