Overview

• Around 100 cultural, political and union figures published a manifesto defending the continuation of Pedro Sánchez’s progressive coalition and accusing conservative and judicial sectors of seeking to overturn a legitimately elected administration
• The text acknowledges alleged crimes by former PSOE officials but insists on preserving the legislature until trials conclude with full guarantees and on strengthening anti-corruption and social rights measures
• The Partido Popular condemned the manifesto as an elitist act and renewed its call for snap elections to give all Spaniards a direct say rather than relying on declarations by a select group
• On July 24 comedian Andreu Buenafuente publicly denied signing the document, clarifying that his only endorsement was an unrelated anti-war manifesto
• Sánchez’s administration is leveraging broad civil-society support to bolster its legitimacy as corruption probes and conservative mobilizations intensify