Overview

• María Jesús Montero, holding multiple high-profile roles, is at the center of escalating tensions between the PSOE and the PP-A in Andalusia.
• The PSOE is deliberating whether to reassign Montero to a less demanding ministerial position to focus on her campaign for the Andalusian presidency.
• The Andalusian Parliament and Spanish Senate have both formally reprobated Montero for her handling of regional financing, tax policies, and controversial public statements.
• Montero has intensified weekend policy offensives against the PP-A, targeting issues like healthcare, immigration, and education, while leveraging her high-profile platform.
• PP-A leaders are weighing the timing of an early regional election to preempt fallout from ongoing judicial investigations into pandemic-era health contracts.