Overview
- Pedro Sánchez accused regional PP governments of weakening the welfare state through privatizations, invoking the Constitution’s health protections and pledging to use all legal tools to uphold public care.
- Alberto Núñez Feijóo labeled Sánchez’s as the government that most attacks the Constitution, cast the PP as guarantor of constitutionalism, and warned that Vox is “playing with very dangerous things” by boycotting the ceremony.
- Isabel Díaz Ayuso defended Madrid’s public‑private health model and vowed to eradicate any malpractice with force, as the regional health authority said its first checks at Torrejón Hospital found no evidence of irregularities.
- The official reception showed widening institutional fracture, with Vox and several nationalist parties absent and many regional presidents missing, while PP barons and the new Valencian leader did attend.
- Congress president Francina Armengol urged adapting the Constitution to Spain’s territorial diversity, the PNV pressed recognition of the state’s nations, and Valencia’s Juanfran Pérez Llorca highlighted dialogue after visiting the DANA flood zone.