US EditionTens of thousands join anti-government protest in Madrid
- Tens of thousands protested in Madrid's Plaza de Espana on Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government of corruption and demanding early elections.
- The opposition Popular Party organised the rally following leaked recordings suggesting Socialist member Leire Diez sought to discredit a police unit probing corruption linked to Pedro Sanchez’s close associates.
- The demonstration, held under the slogan 'Mafia or Democracy,' featured chants of 'Pedro Sanchez, resign!' and drew conflicting turnout estimates from 45,000 to over 100,000 participants.
- Polls show the Popular Party leading Sanchez's Socialists narrowly, with 24.6% favoring Sanchez and 17.1% favoring far-right leader Santiago Abascal, while Diez denied allegations and resigned from the Socialist party.
- Popular Party leader Feijoo accused Sanchez's government of 'mafia practices' and urged early elections, reflecting opposition frustration and signalling political tension before the expected 2027 general election.
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Spain's conservative People's Party has mobilized in Madrid against left-wing Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the leader of the opposition has renewed accusations of corruption.
Madrid was the scene yesterday of a massive demonstration demanding the resignation of the president of the Spanish government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, the only European Social Democratic president. The rally gathered more than 50,000 people, according to the government delegation, and more than 100,000, in the count of the right-wing Popular Party, who called the protest under the slogan: “Mafia or democracy”.
The president of the government who was to be the most democratic of all the democratic presidents of Spain forged himself in person on Friday at the Conference of Presidents to prevent the use of the main tool of democracy: voting. Up to three autonomous presidents expressly asked Pedro Sánchez during the quote something as subversive as that the proposals for agreements and recommendations were put to the vote. Among them was the withdrawal of…
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid to protest against the government of socialist President Pedro Snchez.
Spanish Opposition Party Rallies Tens of Thousands of Protesters in Madrid
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