Overview

• PSOE’s executive committee unanimously backed Sánchez on Monday, rejecting demands for his resignation or early elections and urging critics to raise concerns at the July 5 federal committee.
• Sánchez announced an external audit of party finances and appointed an interim leadership team to manage the Organization Secretariat until a new secretary is elected.
• Santos Cerdán resigned as Organization Secretary and surrendered his parliamentary seat after the UCO report linked him and other senior figures to alleged payoffs in public contract awards.
• Coalition partners Sumar and ERC pressed Sánchez to enact “democratic regeneration” measures such as stripping immunity from MPs and permanently banning convicted companies from public tenders.
• The PNV and Podemos warned that their support hinges on confirmation that wrongdoing was limited to specific individuals and cautioned that Sánchez would likely lose a confidence vote.