Overview
- The PSOE opened its precampaign Saturday in Dos Hermanas by foregrounding Maricarmen Abascal’s case and vowing to defend and extend the government’s anti‑eviction decree to mobilize voters around housing protections.
- The PP held a large IFEMA rally the same day where Alberto Núñez Feijóo, joined by Isabel Díaz Ayuso and regional leaders, accused the Sánchez government of corruption and of exerting improper pressure on judges while urging broad mobilization against the incumbent.
- Regional party machines are active: the PP organized delegations and buses from places such as the Valencian Community to boost Feijóo’s turnout, and PSIB leader Francina Armengol publicly called for a single left‑wing Senate list to prevent a PP‑Vox majority.
- La Vanguardia reported that Carles Puigdemont’s circle is preparing an institutional return tied to a reported investiture‑amnesty arrangement with ERC and Sánchez, a development the paper presented as reported but not independently confirmed.
- The campaign opening sharpens three fault lines—housing hardship on the streets, disputes over judicial independence and vote‑by‑mail trust, and strategic alliance fights for the Senate—and those dynamics will likely determine turnout, coalition math and post‑election bargaining.