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In Spain 26th September 2025

Sánchez Goes Back on His Word Again, Now Saying He Will Seek a Third Term

On September 1, 2014, Pedro Sánchez announced that the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) would hold a convention on democratic renewal in which, among other measures, his party would propose limiting the terms of Prime Ministers to two legislatures, a maximum of eight years. This initiative was intended to “banish the old politics of always.” It followed the self-imposed term limits of José María Aznar—who chose not to continue after…

In Spain 24th September 2025

An impossible legislature: Government suffers third consecutive defeat while Sánchez’s brother heads for trial on influence peddling charges

Yesterday, with the Prime Minister at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Spanish politics experienced another grotesque day. In the Congress of Deputies, the government saw its initiative to delegate immigration powers to Catalonia fail. This was one of the many concessions the PSOE has been forced to make to try to maintain the support of Junts, a “traditionally right-wing” party that offered its support to Sánchez so…

In Spain 10th September 2025

Government to suffer new parliamentary defeat today, at start of political season

Unless something changes—and there’s no sign that it will—the coalition government will face another parliamentary defeat today, at the start of the political season, which will clearly highlight its enormous parliamentary weakness. The bill to reduce the 38-hour workweek by half an hour, drafted by Yolanda Díaz, the leader of the communist wing of the government and head of the Ministry of Labor, will be rejected with the 177 votes…

In Spain 3rd September 2025

Government turns regional debt write-off demanded by partners into new attack against PP, which rejects it

While Puigdemont demanded an amnesty from Sánchez in exchange for his support for the investiture, ERC demanded a write-off of the Catalan government’s debt. Sánchez accepted both agreements, and yesterday, the Council of Ministers approved the draft law that will allow a write-off of €83.252 billion for all regions except the Basque Country and Navarra, which are not under the common regime. To make the measure more palatable, the government…

In Spain 1st September 2025

Spain: An Incorrigible Triumphalism

A.A. | “It’s sad, for example, that a good idea, the Minimum Living Income (IMV), hasn’t worked… The reality today is that fewer people are receiving the IMV than were previously receiving the minimum incomes offered by the Autonomous Communities.” This confession was made to us a couple of months ago by a member of parliament from Sumar, the PSOE’s coalition partner in the government, over dessert. He admitted sadly…

In Spain 26th August 2025

Government: no budget and over 40 laws stalled due to lack of parliamentary support

The Congress will have to vote on more than forty bills this coming session. These are important laws for the executive branch, ranging from the reduction of the working day to the response to tariffs, and evictions for vulnerable families… all while the 2026 General State Budgets—Spain is currently operating with the 2023 budget from the previous legislature—remain up in the air. Support from Congress for the 44 bills currently…

In Spain 25th June 2025

“Sánchez has 380 advisors, including screenwriters for films and series, and set design specialists…”

Yesterday, 40 former senior PSOE officials—including ex-ministers and former regional presidents—sent a letter demanding Pedro Sánchez’s resignation, citing the “democratic regression” Spain is experiencing. Beyond the corruption cases surrounding the Prime Minister and the PSOE, these long-serving socialists are extremely concerned about Spain’s trajectory. They demand a party regeneration that requires Sánchez’s departure, arguing he is a hostage to an incredible policy of pacts that conditions government action, and to…

In Spain 20th June 2025

Sánchez Regains Partners’ Support by Confronting Trump and Refusing to Raise Defense Spending to 5%… by 2035

Who knows where Pedro Sánchez might be in 2035? In La Moncloa (the Prime Minister’s official residence)? In Europe? In jail, given the way things are going in Spain? But far from stalling, Pedro Sánchez has chosen to publicly confront Trump, the U.S., and NATO by refusing to increase Spanish defense spending beyond 2%. And as for 5% by 2035, that’s out of the question. This is what Sánchez explained…

In Spain 17th June 2025

Spain, In the Hands of an Unscrupulous Leader

The parties supporting Sánchez, who is currently surrounded by corruption allegations, want him to remain in power so they can continue to blackmail him. They’ve made this clear in recent days. The Catalan independentist parties, Junts and ERC, hope that the Constitutional Court—colonized by the PSOE, like all state institutions—will rule the amnesty constitutional, arguing it’s not explicitly prohibited by the Constitution. They also expect Sánchez to fulfill his commitment—the…

In Spain 13th June 2025

Police Uncover “Criminal Organization” in PSOE… Sánchez Apologizes but Says He’s Staying: “This Isn’t About Me”

Spain was stunned to discover how three of Pedro Sánchez’s four closest friends, who accompanied him in taking power first in the PSOE and then in the government, allegedly rigged elections, collected millions in commissions from public works contracts they awarded from the government, and placed their prostitutes in public sector jobs. A nearly 500-page report compiled by the Civil Guard transcribes eight audio recordings from meetings where they divided…

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