The President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, participates this Sunday in a public event in Madrid on the occasion of the Congress of Socialist Youth, in a week in which the developments in the Leire Díez case and the investigation of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero have led Junts to join the PNV’s request to bring forward the elections.
Perhaps waiting for the best moment to call elections, Pedro Sánchez missed the opportunity. That remains to be seen. The only certainty is that the leader of the PSOE has not seen a favorable moment since last year, when the Government arrived besieged and exhausted in the summer. The avalanche…
The “Spain case” continues to make headlines worldwide. A few weeks ago, the firm stance of the Spanish Government against the start of the Iran war became a reference point. It seemed like the brave culmination of a calculated strategy to distance itself from the postulates and demands of the President of the United States, Donald Trump. The head of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, was on the rise, seeming to dare to say what other European politicians remain silent about.
The story of how José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was put under siege begins in October 2024 and ends in May 2026. It started as a casual discovery, a “ZP” on a phone, a “Z” that was not enough. In recent years, besides the public – and notorious – nature of his ties with Venezuela, the former prime minister had been involved in the socialist electoral campaigns as a lifeline for Pedro Sánchez. Nineteen months after that “ZP,” a judge from the National Court ordered the search of his office. How did the Police and, above all, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office manage to find him?
About to finish her military training, Princess Leonor has become the protagonist of Armed Forces Day (Difas), which was celebrated this Saturday in Vigo with a parade that was marred by the accidental fall of the Spanish flag from the mast where it had been hoisted and the cancellation, due to bad weather, of the aerial parade. It is the first time that, alongside the Kings, the heir attends the military celebration and her presence was meant to certify her commitment to, and belonging with, the armed forces.
Between the Andalusian elections of last May 17 and the indictment of former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the parties allied in Sumar raised the purpose of regrouping to turn around future prospects in which they see themselves dragged by the decline of the national left against the right and the far right. But the alleged corruption cases affecting the socialists have impacted this purpose, generating a problem: the need to distance themselves from their Government colleagues, and an opportunity: to draw support from voters disillusioned with the PSOE.
Miguel Tellado, secretary general of the PP, traveled this Saturday to Bilbao to preside over an event with members of the Basque Popular Party and his speech focused on the corruption cases surrounding Pedro Sánchez and the support of the PNV for the Government. In this regard, he warned the Basque nationalists and Aitor Esteban that it is not enough to call for elections, but they have to take a step forward: “Why don’t they provoke them?”.
“Clean everything up.” That was the mandate Leire Díez received from the PSOE or, at least, that’s how she expresses it. The plot uncovered by the judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz and led by the party’s former number 3 Santos Cerdán had a coordinated plan set: to go against judges, prosecutors, and civil guards to protect the Government and the PSOE. The organization had a series of objectives marked and the instruments they had to use for the success of their mission. First of all, it should be said that, despite the orchestration of the plan and the payment for it, successes were notably absent because to this day none of their objectives have been achieved, although along the way there have been dark threads.
Eight years ago, the deliberation and vote on the motion of no confidence against President Mariano Rajoy took place in the Congress of Deputies. The first and so far the only motion of no confidence that has succeeded in democratic Spain.
The groups that supported Pedro Sánchez’s investiture in 2023 are beginning to show clear signs of fatigue regarding their relationship with the Government due to the alleged corruption schemes being investigated by the National Court that threaten the Executive. Faced with the possibility of an abrupt end to the legislature, no one wants to appear in the photo alongside the socialists or is already seeking a prudent distance to act as a firewall.