San Sebastian has approved the municipal budget for 2026, which will enter into force this Thursday

The San Sebastian City Council approved this Tuesday, in an extraordinary and final session, the municipal budget for 2026, amounting to EUR 495 million, which will enter into force this very Thursday.

After the Local Government Board and the plenary, postponed due to a technical problem with translation, Mayor Jon Insausti has stressed that the issues focus on housing, economic development, security, cleaning, urban maintenance, public transport and the relationship with the associative fabric.

The mayor has stressed the importance of having an approved budget compared to other administrations that do not have it, and has stressed its social nature. In this regard, he has recalled that the budget represents EUR 2,619 per inhabitant and allocates more than EUR 40 million to social policies, making it the "most social in the history" of the city.

It also notes that the accounts place citizens at the centre of municipal decisions, reflected in a number of concrete actions, the budget of which was initially approved on 27 November and which has been definitively approved following the processing of an amendment tabled by the 47 Housing/Housing Rights Group.