Overview
- Junts has formally broken with the PSOE, removing seven decisive deputies and vowing to coax other partners to step back, a move designed to pressure Pedro Sánchez and potentially force early elections.
- Foment del Treball signaled it will work with Junts while the legislature lasts, citing the party’s reliability and its sway on taxes, labor rules and other business priorities.
- Journalist Maribel Vilaplana is ordered to testify Monday as a witness in the DANA investigation, with questioning limited to what she knows about calls between Carlos Mazón and then‑consellera Salomé Pradas; the judge also requested her parking receipts.
- Levante‑EMV reported that during a long lunch on 29‑O Vilaplana showed Mazón a WhatsApp video of flooding in Utiel around 17:37–17:40, while official call logs confirm multiple contacts that afternoon, including a seven‑minute call at 18:16; her entourage says she sought hospital care for anxiety.
- Pressure on Mazón is mounting inside the PP, with resignation or an electoral reset discussed in reports, as Parliament readies victims’ testimonies this week and schedules his appearance for November 17.