Urgent.. Europe awaits the difficult decision of the Spanish Prime Minister

With the European elections approaching, the bloc’s eyes are anxiously turning to the Spanish capital, Madrid, where adrenaline levels rise to the maximum, while awaiting political instability in the country; Because of the possibility of the departure of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

While Europe waits for what the ruler of the fifth most powerful economy in the European Union will do, today, Monday, Sanchez was… He wrote in a tweet on the social media platform “X”, expressing his intention to retire from politics.

Sánchez said in his tweet, “The repeated right-wing attacks on his family led him to question whether Spain’s ruling justifies exposing “Should I continue to lead this government or give up this highest honor?” the Spanish Prime Minister wrote. I urgently need to answer a question that I keep asking myself: Is it worth staying in office despite the slanders of the right and the far right? “

Sánchez has spent the past five days isolated; While supporters and opponents – alike – await a decision that would radically change the political landscape in Spain, and significantly affect the distribution of senior positions in the European Union, after the planned elections for the European Parliament in June.

What Sanchez will announce remains to be seen. On Monday, he was a mystery even to his closest circle. As the Spanish Cabinet “did not know about Sanchez’s letter until it was published on the X website,” according to what was reported by the European version of the newspaper “Politico.” According to a government official, who requested anonymity.

The Spanish official pointed out that the decision “is a personal decision taken by Sanchez with the advice of his family and, apparently, no one else.”

Continuing pressure According to the newspaper, the motivation behind Sanchez’s tweets, last Wednesday, was the news that a Madrid judge had launched a preliminary investigation into corruption and influence peddling that focused on Begonia Gomez, the prime minister’s wife.

The investigation was launched in response to a lawsuit. A lawsuit filed by Manos Limpias “Clean Hands,” a group with links to the far right, which regularly uses the courts to target people or groups associated with progressive causes.

According to the newspaper, the lawsuit does not appear to have merit. Last week, the prosecution recommended dismissing the criminal complaint. While the owners of “Clean Hands” indicated that the lawsuit “may be based on false news.”

But, despite this, it seems that the decision to start the preliminary investigation into “Gomez” – Despite the weakness of the evidence against her – it was too much pressure for Sanchez.

Organized attacks The Spanish Prime Minister’s reaction can be understood by tracing the attacks that have targeted him and his family since he rose to the forefront of Spanish politics a decade ago.< /p>

Over the past few years, the center-right Popular Party has described Sánchez as a “rapist.” And a “terrorist sympathizer” And a “traitor.”

The conservative opposition in Spain also helped spread malicious rumors that Sanchez’s wife is in fact a “man,” and that her family are drug traffickers who run a network of sex trafficking clubs.

Also, on Friday, the Spanish media shed light on the intensity of pressure on Sanchez and his family, as they published recordings of a meeting that took place in 2014, which included former police commissioner Jose Manuel Villarejo, who the media accused of working to discredit a number of politicians. And senior judges, and even members of the royal family.

In the recording, those gathered discussed plans to "kill Sanchez politically" By going after his wife’s family and pointing out their involvement in illegal acts.

Later, Villarejo addressed the use of legal warfare tactics, where baseless lawsuits are launched to harass and discredit political opponents, and spoke of "clean hands" As a group with which he cooperates.

The day after the recordings were published, Saturday, the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), to which Sanchez belongs, witnessed an "emotional meeting of leaders" According to Politico, Sanchez’s ministers expressed their support for their leader, asking him not to give in to his harassers.

On the same day, about 12,500 supporters gathered outside the party’s headquarters in Madrid to chant, “Pedro, please… “.

Ambiguous scenarios remain. What Sanchez will decide to do could lead to completely different scenarios for Spain.

According to the possible scenarios, the Prime Minister could announce that he will remain in office, or – Alternatively – he could leave the decision to the Spanish Parliament by submitting itself to a vote of confidence.

But if the Prime Minister resigns, Spain could face a long period of political uncertainty; The government will immediately move to caretaker mode, and King Felipe VI will have to hold consultations with political leaders in Parliament to determine whether there is another candidate capable of forming the government.

So far, Sanchez has no clear successor. It is unclear whether there is anyone within the ranks of the Socialists around whom a sufficient number of leftist and separatist lawmakers can rally.

At the same time, although the leader of the Popular Party, Alberto Nunez Viejo, is keen to take over position of Prime Minister, but he does not have the parliamentary support required to form the government, according to estimates.

If no one is able to secure the support of a simple majority of parliament’s 350 lawmakers within two months, it will be dissolved; He will then decide to hold new elections after 54 days. Which pushes Spain to the polls in mid-August, and will likely not have a new government until the fall.

In addition to the disruptions that this scenario may cause domestically, Sanchez’s exit will also likely have an impact on European Council meetings. Home for selecting new leaders of European bloc institutions.

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