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The president of the EBB, Aitor Esteban, has denounced the "attempt" to link the PNV to the Cerdán network of the People's Party and the "close media," but has stressed that "there is absolutely nothing." "We are calm and we will not be blown up by four headlines that are not real." Esteban has stressed that he only met once with former PSOE Secretary of Organization Santos Cerdán to negotiate a motion of censure against Mariano Rajoy.

Supreme Court Judge Leopoldo Puente has released former PSOE Secretary of Organization Santos Cerdán on the grounds that the risk of destruction of evidence is "very mitigated."

They deny having requested three public offices from the Spanish Government and reject that the Civil Guard has anything to do with the alleged plot of public works, after a UCO report implicated the party in the 2018 "applications for appointments".

The President of the Spanish Government has stated that the Government "has cooperated with the justice system" and "has acted firmly", so it is now incumbent upon it to "await the conduct of investigations".

The PNV denies the information contained in the Civil Guard report. Jeltzales say they have no connection with the corruption plot being investigated in the 'Koldo case' and claim that they know nothing about the requests for appointment. 

The latest report from the UCO unit of the Civil Guard also states that Sevinabar made payments to several members of Cerdán's family through payroll, rental of homes or credit cards. 

The General Representative of Bizkaia has defended the full competence of the Consortium to set tariffs and has explained that he hopes to reach an agreement before the end of 1 January.

In addition to the headquarters of Acciona in the Byzantine capital, officers have entered Madrid and Seville by court order. The premises have been searched but no one has been arrested. The Civil Guard has removed four backpacks from the headquarters in Bilbao.

Ten days after formalizing his break with the Spanish Government, Carles Puigdemont's party has prevented a PP amendment from succeeding.

The PSOE spokesman at the Congress of Deputies, Patxi Lopez, has denounced that the trial in the Supreme Court against the Attorney General of the State, Alvaro García Ortiz, "is ridiculous" and hopes that "the truth will prevail" and that he will be acquitted. In an interview on Radio Euskadi, Lopez has asked "who led the couple of Ayuso (Alberto González Amador) to this situation."

The Civil Guard has received several messages from Koldo and Torres in its latest report to the judge investigating the Koldo case in the National High Court, while the Minister's team denies that he committed any crime and denounces the "defamation" against him.

The resignation of Carlos Mazón as preseidente of the Generalitat Valenciana has immediately provoked a long string of reactions and responses, both from victims and political actors. 

Supreme Criminal Division Judge Leopoldo Puente has issued a summary order against the former Minister of Transport for alleged irregular contracts for kissing during the covid pandemic. The former minister is charged with bribery, membership of a criminal organization, trafficking in influence and embezzlement of public funds.

The judge believes the money could have been laundered through the settlement of expenses.

Begoña Gomez has made a passionate defense of her wife before the Senate Committee investigating the 'Koldo case'. She insists that the funding of the PSOE is' clean '. 

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.

It is one year since the tragedy that left 229 dead in the Valencian Community.  Early in the morning of 29 October, the weather forecast warned of heavy rains, the protocols failed and the magnitude of the tragedy exceeded all expectations. The management of that day has become one of the recurring arguments at the crossroads of accusations between the Spanish Government and the PP. 

The President of the Government of Extremadura has called the elections for 21 December.

JxCat's president, Carles Puigdemont, has called a meeting in Perpignan, France, on Monday after the independence party yesterday raised its tone against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and warned that the time had come to "start talking about the time of change."