The Government of Spain works to reduce voice to 16 years

The government of Spain is working on it Lower the age to 16 years To vote. This has been confirmed by the Minister of Youth and Sira Rego in children, although it has emphasized that the measure is still a concept that will soon be “coordination and working mechanisms” to profile it within the Spanish government and that “within a few weeks” can be processed. He has also nuanced that the proposal “in the margins” comes in from the PSOE and ADD consensus.

In an interview in RNE, Rego emphasized that the proposal is not only limited to reducing the age of voting rights, from 18 to 16 years, but also to increase educational content That increases under knowledge of young people about how the state works.

“It would be useful for a route to convert the structure of the state, what are the powers of the administrations, the organs that form, differ between the plant and an autonomous government … I think this would facilitate the issue,” explained the minister, who belongs to the United Left.

Rego has emphasized the phase in which the proposal is: it is part of a document of almost 400 pages that Organizations that represent young people From the entire Spanish state they have built in recent months with their requests.

The Ministry of Youth has formed the proposals, including the reduction of the era, which has had a parliamentary route, as the minister has noticed.

The last one, a non -Law of June 2024 promoted by addition, had the support of the PSOE, said earlier that the last congress of the socialist party has considered the possibility. That is why lowering the age of the vote is “within the programs and positions of the formations that form the government.”