Overview

• Sánchez has ordered former PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to travel imminently to Switzerland to renew negotiations with Junts per Catalunya over judicial reform, the 2026 budget and reduced working hours.
• Junts leader Carles Puigdemont reiterated that his party’s support “cannot be taken for granted” and will hinge on concrete progress in its legislative priorities.
• At its national congress, Alberto Núñez Feijóo launched an “electoral mode” within the PP by establishing new secretariats, including a health mental office, and urging members to remain active through the summer.
• Today Sánchez and Feijóo are set to face off in a “duel of balances,” each presenting opposing assessments of the parliamentary term to frame their political narratives.
• The PP of Madrid is grappling with the fallout from Noelia Núñez’s resignation over CV falsification, underscoring internal demands for stricter party discipline.