Overview
- With an absolute majority in the upper house, the PP has driven roughly 100 witness sessions and multiple investigations in 2025, including summoning Sánchez in the Koldo probe, alongside ministerial reproaches and a series of institutional conflicts.
- The PP’s legislative pushes in the Senate rarely advance because Congress majorities differ, leading the party to escalate disputes with the lower chamber and the government to the Constitutional Court.
- Extremadura’s 21D election produced a decisive PP victory under María Guardiola and a strong Vox advance, taking the right close to 60% of the vote in a historic PSOE bastion.
- Post‑election talks are tense, as PP economic chief Alberto Nadal accused Vox of proposing “unrealizable” measures and urged the party to prove it will support governability in Extremadura.
- Sánchez heads into 2026 facing dissent from figures like Jordi Sevilla and demands from ERC and Comuns for concrete moves on financing, housing and Rodalies, with the national budget pushed to early 2026 and Aragón’s 8 February election seen as the next test.