Spain’s political landscape is boiling: Signs are increasing that the mood within the PSOE has reached an all-time low. Rumors of a possible resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez are circulating and could plunge the country into early elections.
Pedro Sánchez’s political future is at stake. Although the Prime Minister recently emphatically rejected a vote of confidence, socialist sources report an increasingly bad mood within the party. Even close confidantes and ministers are said to have tried to convince Sánchez to make an orderly withdrawal. The Prime Minister’s arguments no longer seem to convince even his closest friends.
An Unprecedented Scenario Emerges: Sánchez’s Resignation?
Internally, an unprecedented scenario is openly being discussed: the resignation of Pedro Sánchez. “It won’t come until August,” speculate circles within “Sanchismo,” which underlines the urgency of the situation. Efforts to enable an orderly retreat and a “step aside” seem to have been unsuccessful. Instead, the situation is deteriorating, and the “worst-case scenario for the Socialists” is coming into focus: a resignation, followed by an interim president and the calling of new elections after the summer.
This scenario is not mere speculation. It is not assumed that Sánchez wants to resign voluntarily, but rather that “we are creating a framework for resignation.” The search for a successor who can “start from scratch” and “take over from Sánchez, submit to the investiture, and call elections” has already begun.
Who Will Take Over? The End of an Era?
There is agreement that “Pedro cannot run” because “he is amortized.” The party leadership considers the “legislature to be over” and the “election campaign to have begun.” This scenario, which was long discussed and refuted by the critical wing and the old socialist guard, now seems to be confirmed by current events.
The visible tension among socialist deputies in parliament speaks volumes. Their faces were “like a poem,” a “mirror of the soul” reflecting the internal crisis of the PSOE. The coming weeks could be crucial for Spain’s political future and the direction of the Socialist Party.
