{
  "id": 12321706,
  "title": "Un final a la altura del muro sanchista",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/un-final-a-la-altura-del-muro-sanchista",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T06:54:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/elecciones/elecciones-generales/2026/10/06/6ac49b21468aeb466a8b4570.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Pedro Sánchez clings to ongoing confrontation to ignite the campaign. No one could anticipate that the steadfast Pedro Sánchez would yield to the tough evidence that he could not continue governing against all odds and without support in Parliament until mid-2027. Nor would he gracefully step aside for an alternative government led by Feijóo. In that regard, he would not disappoint his supporters with the manner of announcing the end of the legislature—a finality befitting his wall of intolerance. Instead of delivering a purely institutional statement, he again utilized the official residence of the Government Presidency as a platform for rallies. Blaming the Parliament for trampling the interests of ordinary people after rejecting his housing decrees that would have harmed those he claimed to protect, he accused the opposition of being the worst in democracy for systematically trying to destroy it in every control session of Congress, as it has not attended the Senate for two and a half years. Highlighting the supposed collateral damage caused by all the evils of the country, he marked the tone of incendiary campaigning: votes or crooks. Some may think that several members of the Council of Ministers are included in the latter category due to their ostentatious real estate holdings. For Sánchez's brand of cordiality, they should have been rewarded, as they have been among the most intolerant among his progressive allies. In the eight weeks remaining until November 29, he will try to make us believe that, in essence, he never intended to bargain with Junts, which he only did to prevent the right-wing parties from governing, because everyone knows that the disciples of the Waterloo escape have a clear vocation for social democracy, no matter how much Rufino insists otherwise. Sánchez, who arrived at La Moncloa wondering how he would recall history in 2018, aims to orchestrate an exercise of collective amnesia so that we do not judge him for everything he has done in the past three years: the amnesty for the Catalan coup plotters, the mass release of terrorist prisoners alongside the PNV, the persecution of judges, policemen, and other honest officials, the colonization of institutions, the abandonment of Ceuta despite warnings of the invasion on July 30... In the Moncloa bank, he trusts in imposing the discourse as in 2023, that the housing crisis is the fault of the right, with the complicity of the unions that impose an indefinite strike against the opposition, to repeat the cycle of retaining power with all prognostications against it. However, by isolating himself in the hunting lodge from where he called his supporters to march the streets yesterday, Sánchez has lost touch with a broad transversal citizenry tired of Sánchez's exoneration stories, false attributions of blame for the country's ills, and political polarization. What the majority of Spaniards yearn for is a government that addresses their problems, not one that exacerbates them and creates new ones.",
  "summary": "Sánchez se aferra a la confrontación permanente para incendiar la campaña. Leer",
  "key_points": [
    "Pedro Sánchez clings to power despite opposition in Parliament",
    "Blames Parliament for rejecting housing decrees, accuses opposition of destroying democracy",
    "Campaign focuses on \"votes or crooks\" narrative, aims to isolate himself from public concerns"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Pedro Sánchez's decision to end the legislature fits his divisive style, allowing him to rally supporters while shifting blame and setting the tone for a polarizing campaign.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}