Díaz pressures Sánchez with a "radical reformulation" of the government, but Moncloa rejects it.

MadridPedro Sánchez began the week with the Supreme Court's ruling against former Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz on the table, and ended it seeing the junior coalition partner, Sumar, demanding a "radical overhaul" of the Spanish government, in the words of the second vice president. However, sources at La Moncloa (the Prime Minister's residence) not only downplayed the idea of any changes, but also remained firm in their objective of continuing the current legislature. Sources within the Spanish government reiterated that a government reshuffle is a prerogative of the Prime Minister and that "no minister is implicated" in any of the legal cases plaguing the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) and, consequently, the government. Nor in any of the cases of sexual harassment that have opened a deep crisis in Ferraz"Calm," the same sources convey. Pedro Sánchez is scheduled to deliver his year-end review and highlight the achievements next Monday at noon. However, Díaz's party has raised its voice in response to the latest judicial investigations, which, in addition to raids on ministries and public companies, have also led to the arrest of Vicente Fernández, the former president of SEPI (the Spanish State Holding Company) between 2018 and 2019. Fernández, who headed the Spanish government's investment arm—which reports to the Ministry of Finance—was arrested as part of a secret operation ordered by the National Court, in which former Socialist Party member Leire Díez is also implicated. All of this has not gone unnoticed at the weekly meeting of the parties that make up the Sumar coalition. In fact, after the meeting, the entire political spectrum has embraced Díaz's words: "Things can't continue as they are," say sources from Sumar, who demand "strong responses from the PSOE to eradicate the scourge of corruption."

Early elections?

For now, the pressure exerted by Díaz and her supporters does not point to an early election at the national level, especially given the fragmentation of the parties to the left of the PSOE as they approach the regional elections. In fact, the Second Vice President herself defended this Friday morning, during the presentation of the report on raising the minimum wage, that she "will not be distracted" and will continue to promote labor measures, referring to the legal challenges. "I am here to improve the lives of workers and nothing will distract me," she asserted. However, the idea is already circulating among the parties that supported Sánchez's investiture. "I would bet that the elections will be in 2026," stated Maribel Vaquero, spokesperson for the PNV in Congress, who affirmed that Sánchez's government is "disoriented."