Overview
- Judicial pressure on the PSOE intensified with a Supreme Court trial expected in the coming months for José Luis Ábalos, Koldo García and Víctor de Aldama, alongside fresh UCO operations tied to SEPI contracts and recent detentions, according to La Razón.
- Vox roughly doubled its vote in Extremadura to secure 11 seats, and hard‑edged exchanges between Santiago Abascal and regional PP leader María Guardiola signal difficult negotiations over government formation, El País reports.
- Podemos is moving ahead with solo bids rather than unity tickets, running separately in Aragón and resisting Sumar–IU deals in other regions, a path El Mundo says risks splitting the left‑of‑PSOE vote in 2026.
- In Galicia, the Ferrol court provisionally closed the case against former conselleiro Alfonso Villares without issuing an indictment, a step now awaiting Audiencia Provincial review, with the Fiscalía reportedly not seeing grounds to proceed, ABC and Faro de Vigo report.
- The PSdeG faces internal fallout after José Tomé resigned over sexual‑harassment complaints filed through the party’s internal channel, deepening divisions highlighted by public demands for transparency, according to Faro de Vigo.