Overview
- Organisers said over 100,000 people joined the Plaza de España rally, while government figures put attendance at 45,000 to 50,000.
- People’s Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo accused Sánchez’s administration of "mafia practices" and reiterated his demand for snap elections.
- Leaked audio of former Socialist member Leire Diez suggests she sought to undermine a police unit investigating graft allegations against Sánchez’s wife, brother and a former minister.
- Sánchez has dismissed the investigations as part of a right-wing smear campaign designed to destabilise his government.
- Recent polls show the People’s Party holding a slim lead over the Socialists even as Sánchez remains the most popular party leader among voters.