Spanish police union takes Ministry of Interior's pension medal decision to Constitutional Court

The Confederación Española de Policía (CEP) has filed a constitutional challenge against the Interior Ministry's decision to grant silver pension medals to ten retired senior police commanders, a move that adds a 15% lifelong salary boost. Earlier, the Central Administrative Court of the Audiencia Nacional nullified the medals, but the Audiencia Nacional's higher chamber and the Supreme Court later reinstated them, stating that unions could not contest individual awards.

The CEP contends that this interpretation violates its right to effective judicial protection and that unions should be allowed to participate fully in the medal-granting process. The case now awaits a ruling from the Constitutional Court, which could determine whether the union may challenge the specific decorations. The dispute stems from concerns that the expanded award deviates from the historic law that limited medals to non-remunerative recognitions.