Aznar says that Feijóo will launch a major national water pact in his first hundred days in Moncloa

As of November 14, 2026, no new National Hydrological Plan from the Popular Party has been found to be under processing as a bill or legislative proposal in the General Courts. Therefore, it is not recorded as being in the amendment, committee, report, or approval phase. The references found correspond to political proposals and parliamentary actions related to water, but do not prove the legislative processing of a new plan.

The main distinction: political proposal and legislative text

The PP has publicly defended a National Water Plan and a National Water Pact. For example, on February 12, 2026, Alberto Núñez Feijóo called for national planning to address droughts and floods and to review dams. That announcement expresses a political priority but does not by itself demonstrate that a law has been presented to Congress. (PP Statement).

Additionally, information published on November 14 reports that José María Aznar attributed to Feijóo the commitment to promote a major national water pact during the first hundred days of a potential government. This is, by its formulation, a future announced action, not a parliamentary procedure already completed. (Agency Information).

What parliamentary precedents do appear

Actions related to this matter have been found that should be distinguished from the supposed new plan:

• Written question in the Senate, file 684/002676. It was admitted for processing on January 30, 2024, and asked the Government if it planned a state pact to revive the debate on a National Hydrological Plan. It is a control question to the Executive, not a bill proposal: its admission does not initiate the approval of a plan. (Senate File).
• Agreement of the Orihuela City Council, file 810/000354. The Senate published on January 17, 2024, the certification of a municipal agreement adopted on December 28, 2023, which urged modifying article 28.4 of the National Hydrological Plan Law. The publication of that municipal request does not equate to approving the requested legal modification. (Agreement sent to the Senate).
• Non-legislative motion on water infrastructures in Andalusia. The Congress approved on April 30, 2026, an initiative from the Popular Group requesting the Government an urgent plan to complete those actions. A non-legislative motion expresses a political request to the Government but does not approve a law nor constitute by itself a new National Hydrological Plan. (Congress Note).

It should not be confused with the 2001 plan

The historic National Hydrological Plan was indeed approved through Law 10/2001, of July 5, published on July 6, 2001. It was later amended by Royal Decree-Law 2/2004, of June 18, and Law 11/2005, of June 22. Those precedents are already approved regulations, not pending phases of a new PP initiative.

In conclusion, the most accurate description is a political proposal without accredited active legislative processing. It would not be correct to state that the new plan is awaiting report or vote: the located precedents do not allow attributing any of those parliamentary phases to it.

The Prime Minister has powers of political direction, promotion, and coordination in hydraulic policy, but not a general authority to personally decide on water matters. State competencies are distributed among the Council of Ministers, ministries, and basin agencies; autonomous communities exercise those that correspond to them constitutionally and statutorily.

1. Government direction and coordination

The Constitution assigns the Prime Minister the direction of Government action and coordination of its members. In hydraulic matters, this allows setting priorities, promoting reforms, encouraging plans and investments, and coordinating departments responsible for water, agriculture, finance, health, or civil protection.

He also presides over the Council of Ministers and can promote collective decisions. However, to direct does not mean to substitute the competent body: a political instruction does not replace a concession, an environmental authorization, or a government agreement legally required.

2. Territorial distribution of competencies

Article 149.1.22ª of the Constitution reserves to the State the legislation, regulation, and concession of hydraulic resources and uses when waters flow through more than one autonomous community. There are also state competencies over basic environmental legislation and public works of general interest or affecting several communities.

• Intercommunity basins: management mainly corresponds to the state administration, through basin agencies, with autonomous participation in legally provided bodies.
• Intracommunity basins: autonomous communities exercise assumed competencies, respecting basic legislation and other state titles.

The STC 110/2011 reflects this distinction. The STC 227/1988 grounds management on basin unity: an integrated hydraulic system should not be administratively fragmented. Presidential direction does not allow altering that distribution.

3. Planning and transfers

The Prime Minister can promote planning but cannot personally approve plans. The STC 237/2012 distinguishes the National Hydrological Plan, approved by law, from basin hydrological plans, approved by royal decree. When approval corresponds to the Government, the Council of Ministers intervenes, following the applicable procedure.

He also cannot unilaterally order a transfer. Its establishment and execution require normative coverage, planning, environmental conditions, and decisions by competent bodies. A presidential announcement does not replace any of those requirements.

4. Works, concessions, and ordinary administration

He can politically prioritize hydraulic works and promote their financing. He cannot personally award them, omit public contracting or environmental evaluations, nor declare their general interest when the decision is reserved to a law or another body.

Concessions and authorizations correspond to the competent hydraulic administration: normally, state basin agencies in intercommunity basins and autonomous authorities in internal ones. The Prime Minister does not have an ordinary power to grant, modify, or revoke individual usage rights.

The ministry competent in water prepares and executes state policy; Agriculture intervenes especially in irrigation and agricultural measures. The Presidency coordinates these actions without absorbing their attributions.

5. Droughts, urgency, and parliamentary control

In the face of drought, the Prime Minister can coordinate the political response and promote extraordinary measures. Restrictions, releases, and specific decisions correspond to legally competent authorities.

If extraordinary and urgent need concur, the Council of Ministers can approve a royal decree-law within the limits of article 86 of the Constitution: it is not individually issued by the Prime Minister. Afterwards, Congress controls it through validation or repeal, regulated in the Congress Rules. Congress and Senate participate in hydraulic legislation and control the Government, without resolving individual administrative files.

The Popular Party was the most voted force in the province of Alicante in the last general elections held, those of July 23, 2023. It obtained approximately 330,000 votes, 36.7% of the votes, and five deputies. These figures refer to the entire province, not only the city of Alicante.

Main results

• Votes: approximately 330,000. The available figure is rounded, so it should not be interpreted as the exact number of the final count.
• Percentage: 36.7%. This is the data that allows situating the electoral weight of the PP regarding the total votes counted in the constituency.
• Deputies: five representatives in the Congress of Deputies elected by Alicante.
• Position: first provincial force, ahead of the PSPV-PSOE, which obtained four deputies.

The consulted information records these results from the 2023 general elections and places the PP as the provincial winner. The electoral results annex and the reference from Las Provincias used to contextualize those elections can be consulted.

What that result means

There are two complementary ways to read the PP result. The first is electoral support: the 36.7% percentage expresses its electoral backing in Alicante. The second is the representation obtained: that support translated into five seats for the province. It is advisable to keep both data separate because the percentage of votes and the number of deputies are not the same measure.

Therefore, saying that the PP won in Alicante means it was the most voted candidacy in the entire province. It does not mean it received more than half of the votes: the cited percentage is below 50%. It also does not allow stating that it won in all municipalities of the province, something that would require examining local results separately.

The available comparison with the PSPV-PSOE shows an advantage of one deputy: five versus four. That difference describes the representation of both candidacies but should not be confused with a difference in votes. To express the exact distance between them in votes, the precise count of the PSPV-PSOE would also be necessary.

Scope of the response

The temporal reference is important: the question is answered with elections already held, those of July 23, 2023, and not with polls or forecasts for a subsequent call. A poll can estimate a future result but does not change the votes or seats obtained in those elections.

Also, the five deputies correspond to the Congress. They are not a Senate result nor a sum of representatives from both chambers. The province should also be distinguished from the capital: provincial figures gather the result of the entire territory, while the municipality of Alicante constitutes a different scope.

In summary, the balance that can be given with the consulted information is clear: the PP won the 2023 general elections in the province of Alicante, with around 330,000 votes, 36.7%, and five deputies. The precision to be maintained when citing it is that the vote volume is expressed approximately, not as an exact count.