"We're back in Colón. Elections now": 25,000 people take to the streets demanding Pedro Sánchez's resignation.

MadridThe Spanish right and far right have revived what became a weekend habit during the negotiation and processing of the amnesty law. "Here we are, back to Colón," proclaimed the organizers of this Saturday's rally, organized by more than a hundred pro-Espanyol organizations, to demand the resignation of Pedro Sánchez. The PP and Vox joined the rally, which filled the Madrid square—but not overflowed—despite the threat of rain that soaked the attendees as soon as the speeches began. "We must get wet for Spain," they encouraged from the stage, where no party representatives appeared. According to the Spanish government delegation in Madrid, 25,000 people responded to the call. A figure far from the number recorded at the largest rally against the judicial neglect of the Process more than a year and a half ago at the same location. According to the same sources, 100,000 gathered.

Among those in charge of urging the protesters with Spanish flags in the center of Madrid—some bearing the pre-constitutional eagle—were regulars at these gatherings, and former leaders of the PP, Vox, and Cs who defend a hardline stance through associations, such as Aleix Vidal-Quadras, Esperanza Aguirre, and Marcos. "What Sánchez wants is to turn Spain into the Venezuela of Europe. We demand his resignation [...] for our history, culture, and dignity, it is urgent that he leave. Elections now," proclaimed the former president of the Community of Madrid. The current leader of the Madrid PP, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, did not participate in the call, nor did the president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, or the president of Vox, Santiago Abascal.

The arguments used to proclaim that a change in the political cycle is approaching have been similar to those used by the PP and Vox during this week's debates in Congress: the massive power outage, the episodes of railway chaos in recent weeks, as well as the judicial moves against the surrounding environment. Denunciations of the pacts with the independence movement and the parliamentary weakness of the PSOE, exemplified by its failure to approve a budget yet, have also been present. "He is handing Spain over in pieces to those who aspire to liquidate it," complained the former leader of the PPC and former founder of Vox to an audience that sang the recurrent chants insulting Sánchez as well as the leader of Junts, Carles Puigdemont, whom ETA wants to send "to jail."

For the PP, Miguel Tellado, spokesperson in Congress, addressed the media at the start of the protest, addressing the "apocalyptic" forecast that the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) accuses them of making, accompanied by MP Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo. According to Tellado, the Spanish government's project is "failed" and its situation is "frankly delicate." Minister Óscar López responded in statements to the media, downplaying the protest, which he sees as an expression of "the Spain of the past" and asserting that it simply represents "all those who are against progress."