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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.

The Portuguese Police have arrested Emilio Vázquez Blanco, former Organization Secretary of the PSOE in A Coruña and former regional parliamentarian in Galicia, as part of an alleged corruption scheme involving a former advisor of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS) and related to the awarding of irregular contracts in municipalities of the neighboring country.

Focusing on migration and the humane treatment that migrants deserve, both those who embark on a cayuco on the African coasts and risk their lives to cross the Atlantic and the Latin Americans who leave their countries and set out on the path to seek a better life, is the main reason why the Canary Islands are one of the stops of the Pope on his first visit to Spain.

Vox has toned down its public disagreements with the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE) ahead of the upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV to Spain. The party wants to reduce the rhetorical clash with the bishops, focused on the migration debate and national priority, a divergence that has been ongoing for a long time. In this regard, the attendance of the organization’s secretary general, Ignacio Garriga, at a conference by the president of the prelates, Luis Argüello, this May in Madrid should be understood.

La Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) claims 109,140.79 euros from Begoña Gómez, wife of the Prime Minister. The University has appeared in the case against Gómez in the Madrid District Court, courtroom number 410, under the direction of Judge Juan Carlos Peinado.