Overview

• Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez unilaterally canceled a €6.6 million ammunition contract with an Israeli firm to address coalition disputes and avoid a potential rupture.
• The Partido Popular (PP) is demanding Senate hearings and financial audits of ministers involved in the rescinded contract, intensifying scrutiny of the government.
• Podemos has launched a campaign against the government’s €10.5 billion defense spending plan, calling for public resistance to what it describes as illegitimate military expenditures.
• Izquierda Unida, a coalition partner, initially threatened to leave the government over the ammunition contract but has since advocated for maintaining the coalition while pushing for multilateral decision-making.
• A reduced Council of Ministers met with the King at Zarzuela following the crisis, signaling temporary stability within the coalition despite ongoing political tensions.