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Two Years On, Sánchez Digs In as EU Opinion Bolsters Amnesty Law

A supportive EU advisory opinion on the amnesty law weakens a central line of opposition criticism.

Overview

  • Pedro Sánchez marks the second anniversary of his investiture with plans to complete the legislature despite ongoing legal and political turbulence.
  • Judicial investigations have reached his inner circle, with judges indicting his wife, his brother, and Spain's attorney general, according to court actions cited in the coverage.
  • The PSOE faces corruption fallout, with its most recent party organization chief jailed on corruption charges and predecessor José Luis Ábalos standing trial.
  • The Advocate General at the EU Court of Justice advised that Spain's amnesty law does not conflict with EU law or amount to a self‑amnesty, though the opinion is nonbinding.
  • Opposition parties PP and Vox have staged large protests against the investiture pact and the amnesty, yet Junts lacks the votes to unseat Sánchez without joining a censure motion with them.