Sumar isn't breaking up, but it warns the PSOE: "They're not aware of the seriousness of the situation."

MadridPedro Sánchez's appearance in Congress on July 9th is shaping up to be a key date for the current term. Following the meeting between the PSOE and Sumar this Wednesday in Congress to assess the governing coalition, the minority partner warned that there is "a risk that the mandate will run aground" if the Spanish president does not propose a series of measures against corruption and fully deploy the social spirit of the government's program. However, the spokesperson for the space and Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, did not want to threaten with the scenario of breaking up the coalition, but rather expressed hope that the PSOE will take note of their requests and stressed that the will of both partners is to reach 2027. "He has not realized the seriousness of the situation and does not seem aware of the urgency," Urtasun criticized in an appearance after the two-and-a-half-hour meeting, accompanied by representatives of the different parties that make up the parliamentary group. Sumar wanted to emphasize the importance of taking additional measures following the Cerdán case and believes that, for the legislature to be "worthwhile," Sánchez must act ahead of the 9th. Socialist sources note that the two partners agreed during the meeting on the need to "push" the legislature with sufficient social and anti-corruption measures. But there will be initiatives, as the Minister of the Presidency and Justice, Félix Bolaños, himself assured in an interview on Cadena SER. In fact, Sánchez will announce changes in the PSOE during the federal committee on Saturday and legislative modifications on Wednesday in Congress.

"The risk of the legislature running aground is called immobility and cosmetics. "If we want to avoid this, it's time for boldness and taking action," Urtasun insisted. Other Sumar spokespersons were somewhat more forceful, such as the Chunta Aragonesista deputy, who placed the 9th as "the last opportunity" for Sánchez to "consolidate or end the regime of '78." "We are not a supporting actor," said Enrique Santiago, the representative of the United Left at the meeting. "It has been very unsatisfactory," said Lara Hernández, the spokesperson for the Sumar Movement, regarding the meeting with the PSOE. For the moment, the Socialists are hiding what measures Sánchez will announce, and Sumar does not want to reveal them privately either. At this emergency meeting, which it requested with the majority partner of the coalition, it wanted to keep a low profile.

Expropriation of assets acquired through corruption

Among other issues, the roadmap that Sumar has presented to the PSOE proposes measures such as the expropriation of assets acquired through corrupt practices from companies and banning companies convicted of corruption from public contracts for twenty years. It also proposes the creation of an Independent Agency against Corruption with investigative and sanctioning powers in collaboration with the Prosecutor's Office. What the executive has approved so far is the creation of an Independent Agency for the Protection of Informants, chaired by political science professor Manuel Villoria. In fact, the Socialists maintain that some of the measures proposed by Sumar are already underway—for example, the creation of an investigative commission in Congress or a law to regulate lobbying—and that others will be studied.

Sumar also proposes toughening the crime of illicit enrichment of public officials, extending the ban on those convicted of corruption to 30 years, and prohibiting pardons. On the other hand, the minority partner is demanding a deeper dive into the social policies included in the government pact regarding housing and care. Furthermore, they demand that not one euro more be allocated to the military sector. Meanwhile, the PP has already appointed its new spokesperson in Congress, Ester Muñoz, who has stated that the only solution to the Cerdán case is "for them to leave." "What they have just announced is nothing," she said during a media briefing outside the Génova Congress. informs Andrea ZamoranoFor the time being, Sumar and its partners are giving Sánchez a vote of confidence. The red line, Yolanda Díaz expressed, is whether the Cerdán case becomes an alleged case of illegal financing of the PSOE.