The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has urged the European Commission to protect prominent figures defending international law from the sanctions imposed by the US government and has requested the immediate activation of the Blocking Statute, the main instrument of the European Union to neutralize the effects of foreign sanctions on European territory, as he himself announced on the social network X.

The Spanish-Palestinian activist Saif Abukeshek, detained by Israel in international waters as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla heading to the Gaza Strip, began a dry hunger strike this Wednesday and stopped drinking water as a form of protest.

Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has dismissed the appeals filed by Begoña Gómez, her advisor in Moncloa Cristina Álvarez, and businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés against his decision to refer the case to a jury if it ultimately goes to trial, while also once again rejecting the dismissal of the investigation for the crimes of influence peddling, corruption in private sector business, embezzlement, and misappropriation of public funds in relation to the chair held by the wife of the Prime Minister at the Complutense University of Madrid.