Junts spokesperson in Congress, Mírian Nogueras, has assured that her party is not there to “put in and take out” Spanish governments and has insisted that Sánchez must bring forward the elections. “We do not have the election button nor do we have the motion button, because with seven deputies we cannot make a motion,” he added. The accumulation of corruption scandals that surround the PSOE and the Government maintains political tension this Friday. After the indictment of the manager of the Socialists and former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and after the UCO spent 12 hours on Wednesday searching for documents at the party headquarters – searching for documents on alleged tricks to “destabilize” judicial cases that affect the party or the Government – the pressure on the opposition for Alberto Núñez Feijóo to launch a motion of censure is increasing. Meanwhile, President Pedro Sánchez has asked to appear in Congress to give explanations about what his Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, considers a conspiracy to overthrow the Government “with non-democratic methods.” However, we will have to wait for the next European Council on June 18 to appear, that is, just after Zapatero sits in the National Court as a defendant.
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