The PP has improperly introduced an amendment in the Senate aimed at extending the life of nuclear power plants, despite this issue having nothing to do with the purpose of the sustainable mobility law
Numerous PP amendments would delay the decarbonisation of the mobility-transport sector and support the continued use of fossil fuels
11 November 2025.- This Thursday, the Plenary of Congress is expected to vote on the amendments to the Sustainable Mobility Bill approved in the Senate, as the final step in the parliamentary process for the definitive approval of this law. Most of the changes introduced by the PP in the Senate through its amendments not only represent a serious setback on the path towards the necessary decarbonisation of the transport-mobility sector—which is the main source of greenhouse-gas emissions in Spain—but also introduce issues completely unrelated to the purpose of the law, such as extending the useful life of Spain’s nuclear fleet.
In this regard, Fundación Renovables and fourteen other civil-society organisations denounce the PP’s improper attempt to distort the content of the Sustainable Mobility Bill approved in Congress on 8 October by introducing in the Senate “intrusive” amendments that have nothing to do with the decarbonisation of Spain’s transport sector.
To move towards mobility as a fundamental and social right—more sustainable and decarbonised, fair and inclusive—these fifteen organisations call on parliamentary groups to reject any amendment unrelated to the law, as well as all “intrusive” amendments that seek to distort the content of the regulation, such as the amendment on extending the life of nuclear power plants.
“There are no arguments to justify the approval of several amendments, some of them contradictory, aimed at lowering the climate ambition of the Sustainable Mobility Law”, the signatory organisations stressed.
Among other negative PP amendments identified are the removal of specific and quantifiable targets to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from the transport sector by 2030 and 2040 compared with 1990 levels in the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC), as well as the requirement that any update of these targets in the PNIEC may only be upward. This is therefore an attempt by the PP to obstruct the necessary progress over the coming decades towards the full decarbonisation of the transport-mobility sector.
Other delaying content is also added, such as the “promotion” of synthetic fuels and ecofuels, and the use of natural gas and biogas to decarbonise urban bus fleets.
For urban freight transport, references to prioritising solutions such as zero-emission vehicles or promoting cycle logistics in cities are removed, leaving open to interpretation a vague concept such as “less polluting vehicles”.
In addition, the section on Workplace Mobility Plans is amended so that companies with more than 200 employees are no longer required to approve them, leaving the minimum threshold at companies with more than 500 workers.
The amendment also seeks to remove the obligation for the DGT to review the current environmental label system for vehicles so that it aligns with real emissions and provides truthful information to consumers.
The same direction is followed by the amendment aimed at removing any initiative designed to reduce the number of domestic flights and promote rail as a means of transport.
“Most of the PP’s amendments in the Senate try to minimise the positive impacts of the Sustainable Mobility Law, which could and should have been much more ambitious. These setbacks in the fight against climate change cannot be accepted”, the organisations added.
In light of the above, these fifteen civil-society organisations “urge parliamentary groups to vote against these harmful amendments, which distort the purpose of the regulation and hinder the optimal development of sustainable mobility consistent with our country’s decarbonisation targets, in the next plenary vote on Thursday 13 November”.
