The State Attorney's Office opposes extending the suspension of voting

The State Attorney's Office asked the Supreme Court not to extend to more descendants the precautionary suspension of the vote linked to the nationality process by the Grandchildren Law. Its position was presented to the Contentious-Administrative Chamber, where a request to extend that measure is being analyzed. The debate takes place before the elections of 29-N and refers to the right to vote of children of people naturalized through that law.

The request to extend the suspension was promoted by Iustitia Europa and Vox. It seeks that the measure also reaches adult children of people who obtained nationality under historical memory laws. The response of the State Attorney's Office opposes this extension and maintains the focus of the judicial process on the scope of the precautionary suspension, not on a general restriction on all descendants.

The Spanish government defends that the children of nationalized by the Grandchildren's Law can vote and rejects new limitations for this group. In the context of the controversy, the State Attorney's Office warned of possible problems in the elections of 29-N if the suspension were extended. The discussion thus brings together two positions on the vote of descendants of nationalized Spaniards, while the request for extension is raised before the Supreme Court.

The dimension of the nationality process is reflected in a piece of information incorporated into the procedure: as of July 31, 2026, 189,678 registrations corresponding to Annex III had been counted. The figure refers to nationality registrations and not to the number of people affected by the suspension of voting. This data offers a reference to the scope of the procedures linked to the rule, without resolving by itself who should be affected by the precautionary measure.

The central point before the Supreme Court is whether the temporary suspension requested should cover more descendants of nationalized people. The State Attorney's Office maintains that it is not appropriate to extend it to the children of those who acquired nationality through the Grandchildren Law, while the promoters of the petition seek to include adult children of nationalized under historical memory laws. The debate occurs on the eve of the 29-N elections, the development of which was indicated in the state warning.