Overview
- A majority in the Spanish Congress on Thursday backed a PP motion that publicly demanded Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's resignation and urged him to face a question of confidence, a symbolic rebuke that the opposition plans to press daily.
- Hours later this week a judge ordered the opening of oral proceedings against Begoña Gómez and withdrew her passport, adding a formal judicial escalation that the PSOE says is part of a political campaign against the president.
- The PSOE has convened its Comité Federal to present unity, accelerate a new primary calendar and pivot the party toward electoral organization as internal dissent surfaced when Enma López announced a Madrid mayoral bid outside party timetables.
- In the Basque Country the regional parliament approved a reform to the Public Employment Law to tighten Euskera language requirements for public posts, a move driven by PNV with EH Bildu abstaining and notable for shifting local coalition dynamics.
- Mexico's INE unanimously registered Somos México and Partido Paz as national parties while rejecting two others for financial and affiliation irregularities, and Morena has registered 148 aspirants as it organizes state coordinators to strengthen its 2027 campaign.