The bill that enables licensed professionals a gateway to transfer their accumulated economic rights to the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA) has taken a new step this Tuesday in Congress, with the approval of the report of the committee, just one year after the Chamber admitted the text for processing.
Driven by the PSOE, the initiative pursues as its central objective that mutualists be integrated into the RETA starting in 2027. The proposal was taken into consideration in May 2025 with the support of the PP and managed to overcome a total amendment by Vox, but, despite this, almost twelve months later the debate on its articles was still pending, first in a closed-door committee and, subsequently, in a commission with public visibility.
The spokesperson for Justice of Sumar in Congress, Enrique Santiago, confirmed this Tuesday that, once the report of the committee has been validated, a date has already been set for the commission that will address the text: next May 20.
Only the PSOE supports the report in committee
For the report to go forward in the committee, a majority that would enable it was necessary and, according to parliamentary sources, all groups opted for abstention except the PSOE, which voted in favor, thus allowing the initiative to advance towards its debate in committee. The strategy of the groups involves letting the text continue its processing, but keeping negotiations open during the committee phase and even in the Plenary.
Enrique Santiago has underlined that, with this law, it is intended to guarantee that any registered professional can access a Social Security pension in dignified conditions, at least equivalent to the minimum pension granted by Social Security.
The IU deputy integrated into Sumar has acknowledged that, despite the unblocking of the processing, there is still no agreement to move forward an amendment by Sumar that aims to improve the benefits of those who are already retired and receive pensions of "misery" of 400 euros in the best of cases.
"Our parliamentary group will continue working so that this reality ends, so that pensioners can also have their retirement pension improved, at least to reach a minimum pension in accordance with the criteria that exist for any worker," he added.
The PP facilitates the progress, but demands guarantees
The PP has released a statement in which it justifies its abstention in the committee by the will to allow the proposal to continue its parliamentary course, although it demands that the Government offer a "serious, rigorous, and responsible" response to all affected mutualists.
Furthermore, the 'popular' ones reproach that the Executive "has refused to provide" the PP, during the processing, with the information they consider essential to be able to study, negotiate and unblock a long-claimed measure by the mutualists.
The main opposition party also claims certainties and safeguards, and maintains that its amendments were aimed at expanding the scope of the gateway to more groups of registered professionals linked to alternative mutual societies, as well as ensuring fiscal neutrality in the transfer of economic rights.
Among other demands, the party led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo proposes to eliminate the reference to the CPI in the calculation of the bases and to recognize as credited time in the RETA the periods prior to 1995 in which these professionals were mandatorily affiliated with mutual societies.