Overview
- Moncloa scheduled a Jan. 19 La Moncloa meeting to brief the opposition on a potential troop mission in Ukraine, following talks between the chiefs of staff for Sánchez and Feijóo that sources described as tense.
- The PP demands transparency on Spain’s overall defense posture, including spending to reach 2% of GDP and foreign-policy priorities, and warns it will not back decisions presented in isolation.
- Vox seized on the upcoming Sánchez–Feijóo meeting to accuse the PP of giving the government oxygen, using the issue to press the PP in the Aragón precampaign and in talks to form a government in Extremadura.
- Inside the PSOE, more than 600 named feminist militants formally requested a Federal Conference on Equality over harassment cases and party handling of complaints, as Equality chief Pilar Bernabé agreed to meet them next week.
- PSOE leaders announced a Party Conference on Peace for the first half of 2026, Cristina Narbona defended internal debate in response to Jordi Sevilla’s ‘Socialdemocracia21’ manifesto, and critics in the party called the manifesto poorly timed during a heavy regional election cycle.