The governance of the State

Sánchez and Feijóo face off in Congress in the last head-to-head debate of the year.

The Spanish president submits to opposition scrutiny following the Attorney General's ruling and amid the Salazar case scandal.

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10/12/2025
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MadridPedro Sánchez faces the final question time of the year this morning in the Congress of Deputies. The Spanish Prime Minister and the leader of the People's Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will clash in a final debate before 2026. scandal over the Salazar case and one day after the Supreme Court published the controversial conviction of the now former attorney general Álvaro García Ortiz, from the State.

The Socialist leader, who will predictably try to counterattack with a positive assessment of the last year of his government and criticism of the PP for the Torrejón Hospital scandalHe will also have to answer questions from Vox leader Santiago Abascal and ERC spokesperson in Madrid, Gabriel Rufián. The session is being held after the PSOE and Junts—who The socialists are trying to win back the hearts of their supporters.- gave the green light this Tuesday to the processing of the law to protect multilingualism in the State. A bill presented by ERC, Comuns, Bildu, PNV, BNG, Más por Mallorca, and Compromís.

Several ministers will not attend the question time session: neither the First Vice President, María Jesús Montero, nor the Third Vice President, Yolanda Díaz, nor the Ministers of Defense, the Interior, Transport, Education, and Economy. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares will be present and will appear before the plenary session to report on foreign policy.

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