Sánchez maintains that the judges investigating his wife and brother "are violating the law."

MadridThe political course most marked by the action of justice The PP's attempt to bring down the Spanish government begins with Pedro Sánchez launching a very forceful attack against the judges investigating his wife, Begoña Gómez, and his brother, David Sánchez. "I defend their innocence and their honesty; it's the truth. Although I trust in justice, and considering that the vast majority of judges and prosecutors do their job well and abide by the law, I say with the same emphatic certainty that there are judges who don't, and these cases prove it," the TV chief stated. "There is a problem with the judicial investigation, with the sentencing of news programs, in which two people are being paid for the simple fact of being my relatives. There are judges playing politics and politicians trying to do justice, without a doubt. Fortunately, they are the minority. And they do a terrible disservice to justice," he added.

The clash between the judicial leadership and the Spanish government has been a constant of the legislature – especially following the approval of the amnesty law – and Sánchez's new statements come just before the opening ceremony of the judicial year this Friday, where the president is expected to criticize the political attacks directed at the judiciary. "I think the CGPJ deserves to reflect on how to defend itself against processes that are clearly very flawed in substance and form. But it is up to the CGPJ and they will have to be the ones to assess whether these instructions meet the parameters of independence and respect for the presumption of innocence that the citizens of the country deserve," Sánchez challenged.

Thus, the head of the State's executive considers that the judicial cases opened against his relatives are lawfare and, in fact, Sánchez even filed a complaint for prevarication against the judge investigating his wife, Juan Carlos PeinadoIn the interview, the Socialist leader even laughed ironically at the charges, in plural, that this judge has attributed over the last year against Begoña Gómez. This time he also included Judge Beatriz Biedma, the person responsible for the investigation into an alleged crime of influence peddling and malfeasance against her brother for the awarding of a public position in the Badajoz Provincial Council. Along the same lines, Sánchez stated that the Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García Ortiz, "is innocent" and aligned himself with the dissenting opinion of a member of the Supreme Court who believes he should not go to trial for the revelation of a confidential email from Isabel Díaz Ayuso's partner. Asked whether he or the courts rule his innocence, he replied: "The judges, but I will give you the benefit of trusting García Ortiz."

However, the judicial procedure with the greatest impact is the Cerdán case, about which he has guaranteed that there is no structural corruption in the PSOE and has defended that he knew nothing. "I had no objective information that they were committing alleged acts of corruption," he asserted, in relation to the reason that led him to dismiss former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos in the summer of 2021. He repeated that he considered resigning, but defended that his responsibility is "and abandoning ship" Vox. In this sense, Sánchez expressed his willingness to continue with the legislature and was convinced that the legislature will not be dominated by the courts, but by his government's actions.

The State Budget

Unlike last year, the Spanish president plans to present a draft budget for 2026. The stability path will first need to be approved, which will determine the possibilities for its success. From the outset, Sánchez has disassociated the negotiations with the political groups meeting between Salvador Illa and Carles Puigdemont This Tuesday, although the Moncloa believes it can help. However, and despite the fact that, as leader of Mariano Rajoy's opposition, he argued that a president without a budget could not continue, the head of the State's executive has warned that he will remain in government even if he cannot approve the accounts. "Today I have a budget that allows me to meet the objective of addressing the social agenda and channeling European funds," he argued.

Specifically, the leader of the People's Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, proposed a reform this Monday that would automatically dissolve the Spanish Parliament when the Spanish government fails to approve new budgets for two consecutive years. This change would require overhauling the Constitution and, therefore, a broad consensus, which is currently unthinkable. Regarding the interview, Feijóo, in a tweet to X, described Sánchez's plans not as a "democratic anomaly," but as a "danger" for Spain.