Calm, serenity, and confidence in justice. The PSOE spokesperson, Montse Mínguez, referred to her party’s attitude following the indictment of former president Zapatero and the UCO’s entry into the federal headquarters to search for information about the alleged corruption scheme. “We have experienced a situation that we obviously did not wish for, but we also convey our calm, serenity, and confidence in justice. We are not afraid of justice.”
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Mínguez mentioned that her party took measures “a year ago” and that “the secretary general apologized and internal changes were made.” She also highlighted that this year “not only have people changed” but there have also been changes “at an internal level to gain transparency and controls.” “We are in good hands, we are in a new PSOE and a new way of doing things,” she said.
The spokesperson assured that the PSOE is not considering calling an extraordinary congress as requested by veterans and active members such as former Andalusian president Rafael Escuredo, former minister Ramón Jáuregui, and the mayor of León, José Antonio Díez, due to the judicial causes affecting the party. The leadership insists it will not change the set schedule, with the federal committee, the highest decision-making body between congresses, scheduled for June 27. “The PSOE always listens, and always listens to all territorial leaders. We are used to Pedro Sánchez being criticized 365 days a year, no matter what happens, but we obviously listen to the entire territory,” Montse Mínguez stated after the biweekly meeting of the federal executive.
The spokesperson of the socialist leadership highlighted that this weekend the Congress of the Socialist Youth was held “and there another message is requested, which we also listen to from the people, saying that we must endure, we must resist, because the data supports this Government.” Mínguez emphasized that the opportunity to express opinions will be at the federal committee. “There they will hear all the opinions of all the barons, leaders, and mayors who need to speak. In any case, the federal committee is convened, and there are many leaders, many mayors, many presidents of autonomous communities, like Salvador Illa, who are saying the opposite,” she observed regarding the president’s refusal to call early elections.
The spokesperson of the federal socialist leadership also referred to Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s proposal to attract the favorable vote of PNV and Junts to a possible motion of no confidence and described it as “shortcuts” that do not correspond to the situation in 2018, when Mariano Rajoy’s PP had just been convicted for the Gürtel case. “Let [Feijóo] not give lessons to anyone. It has been eight years since a motion of no confidence because there was a guilty verdict. More than 90 PP officials were involved and that after they cleaned it up, [there were] 750 years of sentences, and those around didn’t see anything? They are the same ones who promise us regeneration, when there are currently 31 PP deputies who were involved in the most serious corruption cases of the PP and no one said anything, everyone covered up,” the socialist leadership figure stated after the biweekly meeting of the federal executive.
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I support Pedro Sánchez, but I believe it is necessary to call an extraordinary party Congress to revitalize it, renew leaders, and establish a new direction.
— Rafael Escuredo Rodriguez (@fuentedelrey) June 1, 2026
Escuredo demands the Extraordinary Congress while emphasizing his support for the Prime Minister. “I support Pedro Sánchez, but I believe it is necessary to call an extraordinary party Congress to revitalize it, renew leaders, and establish a new direction,” he wrote on X. “Many unacceptable things have happened related to important party figures that deserve a calm reflection by an extraordinary Congress. It would be about rethinking the role our party should play here and now,” added the former president of the Junta. Escuredo adds that Sánchez “has already demonstrated his capacity and leadership on other occasions” and therefore believes “the time has come to inspire motivation in the comrades who remain steadfast fighting for a better society.” Regarding Jáuregui, the former secretary general of PSE-EE and former minister believes there is only one way out of the PSOE crisis: “the urgent call for an extraordinary congress that brings the membership together to face this traumatic situation and confront the future with an offer of ideological renewal and the personal leadership chosen by the members.”
The mayor of León, José Antonio Díez, is one of the current officials who supports the extraordinary congress. “For me, the party’s problem is direction, and that is why I ask for it,” he said this Sunday in EL PAÍS. “We don’t know where we are going, not because of corruption scandals, I mean because of the amnesty, the special financing… It cannot be that our responses are according to the need of each day. A broad debate beyond a federal committee, where people generally remain silent, is necessary,” was his analysis.
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