Overview

• Judicial pressure intensified with a magistrate ordering a jury to hear all alleged offenses attributed to Begoña Gómez and the Supreme Court setting the Attorney General’s trial for November 3–13, as a UCO report on the Ábalos case flagged unrecorded cash payments.
• The government has pivoted to frequent announcements, sectoral measures and rallies, with Sánchez scheduling multiple events in Castilla y León to keep political initiative despite court‑driven headlines.
• Reciprocal vetoes among investiture partners have frozen key items, including the defeat of the reduced working week and the rejection of delegating immigration powers to Catalonia, alongside stalemates on the ‘gag law’ reform, migrant regularization and housing measures.
• A new 40dB poll for EL PAÍS and Cadena SER places the PSOE at 29.4% versus the PP at 30.5%—a 1.1‑point gap—while Vox strengthens, helping the right‑of‑center bloc maintain a clear advantage over the left.
• Tensions on the right persist as Vox questions Ayuso’s planned ‘conceived’ law in Madrid over potential benefits for immigrants and the Catalan PP vows a harsher line against President Salvador Illa, with parties gearing up ahead of expected March 2026 elections in Castilla y León and possible regional surprises.