Overview
- Polling and party tracking suggest the PP is favored on 21 December, with an absolute majority uncertain and a post‑election deal with Vox still the most likely outcome if needed.
- The PP urged the Interior Ministry to investigate a reported theft of 124 postal votes and €14,000 from a Correos office in Fuente de Cantos, as María Guardiola also alleged some mail voters received packets lacking PP ballots.
- Guardiola declined an RTVE four‑way debate in Mérida that proceeded with the PSOE’s Miguel Ángel Gallardo, Vox’s Óscar Fernández and Unidas por Extremadura’s Irene de Miguel, a move criticized within the PP as a tactical error.
- PSOE candidate Miguel Ángel Gallardo remains under formal criminal processing in a case linked to the hiring of David Sánchez, with his trial postponed to May, while he argues the right has weaponized the courts and urges high turnout.
- Santos Cerdán told the Senate’s ‘Koldo’ commission he is the target of a political vendetta tied to his talks with Carles Puigdemont, denying corruption allegations as the UCO details suspected kickbacks, and the PP‑led Senate panel moves to summon José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.