Overview

• On June 8, Feijóo led up to 100,000 people in Madrid’s Plaza de España to demand Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s resignation, early general elections and to brand his administration a 'mafia'.
• Isabel Díaz Ayuso reinforced the 'mafia' narrative by likening Sánchez to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and warning of long-lasting consequences for Spaniards.
• Moncloa dismissed the protest as underwhelming with roughly 50,000 attendees by government estimates and called on the opposition to respect democratic processes.
• Despite a Supreme Court judge processing him for alleged unlawful disclosure of secrets, Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz retained the government's backing without resigning.
• Feijóo is scheduled to confront Sánchez in Congress this Wednesday, focusing on the Leire Díez scandal and renewing his demand for early elections.