Overview

• Government sources say trusted channels with Ione Belarra have collapsed and describe a state of total hostility with Podemos.
• In an RNE interview, Belarra cast the plan to present new state accounts as a maneuver toward early elections, linking it to the PSOE's corruption troubles involving Santos Cerdán and José Luis Ábalos.
• Podemos considers backing the budget almost impossible and conditions any support on red lines endorsed by 89% of its members, including cutting ties with Israel, steep rent reductions of about 40% and no additional defense spending.
• Belarra reiterated that the Mossos d'Esquadra have a racist bias and said Podemos will vote against devolving migration powers to Catalonia under the PSOE–Junts pact, which she labeled a racist agreement.
• Sources in Sumar read the budget push as Sánchez building a narrative for possible elections and highlight his unpredictability, as the government faces difficult bargaining with Junts, PNV, ERC and Bildu.