The Constitutional Court admits Vox's appeal against the energy saving decree for processing

MADRID, 1 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Constitutional Court (TC) has admitted for processing the appeal presented by the Vox deputies against various articles of the energy saving decree-law approved by the Government of Pedro Sánchez on August 1.

This has been decided by the court of guarantees in plenary session held this week. As reported by the TC, the person in charge of writing the paper on this matter will be the magistrate Inmaculada Montalbán.

Vox's appeal is directed against various articles --1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 10, 29.1 and 29.4-- of royal decree-law 14/2022, of August 1, on economic sustainability measures in the field of transport, in scholarships and study grants, as well as saving measures, energy efficiency and reduction of energy dependence on natural gas.

The parliamentary spokesman for Vox, Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, assured last summer that they were appealing the decree law based on the legal argument of the "interference in the freedom" of the Spaniards and the "exorbitant" fines.

The deputy criticized that the text could impose fines of "up to 100 million euros" and that it imposed measures to be installed in businesses that involve a mandatory payment, such as the installation of an automatic door closing system.

Espinosa de los Monteros indicated that, in the same way that the confinement during the pandemic was considered unconstitutional, "today they want to subject Spain to an energy confinement." "One more nail in the coffin of the self-employed" which, in his opinion, is the fault of the "climate fanaticism" of the Government.