Podemos declares Sánchez's progressive cycle over: "We expect absolutely nothing from this Government"

Podemos has started the new political course by raising the tone even further against the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez. After listening to his interview this Monday on 'Hoy por Hoy' on Cadena SER, the purple party practically considers any expectation that the Executive will promote new measures that it considers truly left-wing during what remains of the legislature to be exhausted.

"We expect absolutely nothing from this Government anymore, unfortunately," said the Secretary of Organization and co-spokesperson for Podemos, Pablo Fernández, during the press conference held at the party's headquarters. His diagnosis goes beyond a specific disagreement with Moncloa. In his opinion, the current political cycle "in a left-wing and progressive key" is "absolutely finished."

Sánchez's interview has served Podemos to open several fronts at once. Fernández has especially criticized the president's explanations about the migratory crisis in Ceuta, but also his announcements on housing and the uncertainty about the date of the next general elections. The party also begins its primaries next week for the municipal and regional elections of 2027 and assures that it will be prepared if Sánchez decides to advance the national election.

The president had reiterated this morning that he intends to complete the four years of the legislature and run for re-election if the PSOE trusts him again. He did leave open the possibility of a "technical advance" within 2027 when asked about the exact date, an expression that Podemos has taken advantage of to accelerate its own electoral preparations.

Ceuta takes the clash with Sánchez to the limit

The most serious accusation from Podemos refers to the Government's actions in Ceuta. Pablo Fernández maintains that Sánchez has maintained an "absolutely calculated inaction" and even argues that the Executive could have solved the humanitarian emergency "in 24 hours" through a much faster transfer of migrants to adequate resources on the Peninsula.

The purple leader has accused the Government of deliberately prolonging a situation in which, according to his calculations, thousands of people have remained overcrowded or without adequate accommodation. He has even suggested that this lack of response seems to seek a "punishment" against the migrants themselves. This is a political accusation from Podemos that Moncloa rejects with its actions in recent weeks, during which it has expanded reception resources, activated a single command under Minister Ángel Víctor Torres and requested additional support from the European Union.

Sánchez precisely defended on SER that Ceuta will soon have capacity to accommodate some 6,000 people and guaranteed that the Government will restore normality in the city. He also assured that the Executive lacks information that would allow attributing the massive entry at the end of July to the Government of Morocco, despite previous reports about calls to cross the border.

That last position has provoked another of Podemos' main attacks. Fernández has described Spain's alleged "submission" to Rabat as "pathetic" and has demanded to break relations with Morocco as long as it uses migrants as an instrument of political pressure. He has also challenged King Felipe VI to speak out about Mohamed VI and has described his silence regarding the actions of the neighboring country as "deafening".

Podemos maintains that Spanish policy towards Morocco is part of the problem and links Sánchez's response to the European Pact on Migration and Asylum, which the party considers "racist". Irene Montero and Isa Serra already took their criticisms to the European Commission on Friday through a letter in which they accused the Spanish Government of "negligent management" and "dereliction of duties" in Ceuta and demanded urgent action from Brussels.

Ione Belarra has maintained the pressure from social media this Monday. The general secretary of Podemos has called to participate this Wednesday in Madrid in the concentration 'Let's stop racism' and has assured that "the Government's inaction in Ceuta is the fuel for racism to spread". The protest will take place at 8:00 p.m. in Callao, coinciding with another concentration called in the capital by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) in solidarity with Ceuta.

Fernández has also criticized José María Aznar and former Ciudadanos deputy Marcos de Quinto for their recent visits to the autonomous city, which he has described as "racist," and has denounced the presence of ultra groups that, according to Podemos, are taking advantage of the tension to spread xenophobic discourses.

Primaries underway and "sidereal" distance over housing

The political rupture that Podemos describes with Sánchez also extends to housing. The president announced this Monday that the Government will try again to negotiate a royal decree-law with new measures after the text prepared before the summer did not obtain the necessary parliamentary support.

The response from the purples has been devastating. Pablo Fernández maintains that there is already a "sidereal" distance between Podemos and Moncloa on this matter and has described the balance of the legislature as "disastrous, null, and lamentable". In his opinion, the policies adopted so far have ended up mainly benefiting "rentiers, vulture funds, and large holders."

Podemos maintains among its demands a much greater intervention in the market and refuses to support new measures that it considers insufficient. The party has also demanded this Monday caps on food, fuel, and energy prices after the inflation surge, in addition to a 30% tax on the profits of energy companies.

All this distancing comes as the electoral calendar begins to weigh on internal decisions. Fernández has announced that Podemos will open its primaries next week to choose the candidacies for the 2027 regional and municipal elections. The party wants to close its main territorial posters in advance and assures that the process will also allow it to arrive prepared for the general elections.

The purple co-spokesperson has even ironized with the words used this morning by Sánchez about a possible "technical advance". "Mr. Pedro Sánchez is increasingly resembling M. Rajoy, also in his speeches," he launched.

Sánchez maintains that his intention is to complete the legislature and has not yet set the date for the general elections. Podemos will begin its primaries next week without waiting for the president to decide when to "press the electoral button."