Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez would not make it to the end of his term expiring in 2027, warned Podemos party general secretary Ione Belarra, according to Euractiv.
One of the biggest challenges Sánchez currently faces is the approval of the 2025 budget, twice rejected by former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont’s JxCat party. The government’s precarious stability means that Sánchez needs the support of every party in parliament.
If the prime minister wants Podemos’ support, the Spanish Socialist party (PSOE) will have to honour promises including the approval of a permanent tax on the country’s big energy companies. However, Podemos, which has two MEPs in Strasbourg, has warned that “new agreements” with the PSOE are “unfeasible” at the moment.
Other issues between Podemos and Sánchez are the demand for a 40% cut in rental prices and a ban on the purchase of residential buildings for commercial purposes.
The next general election in Spain, which will determine the Cortes Generales (parliament), is due to take place no later than 22 August 2027.
