Overview

• PSOE has initiated an official disciplinary inquiry into Leire Díez after recordings emerged of her offering institutional favors in exchange for damaging information on judicial figures.
• Senior party figures such as Emiliano García-Page and Cristina Narbona publicly pressed for decisive action over alleged clandestine pressure tactics within the PSOE.
• The PP and Vox secured a non-binding congressional motion demanding that the Fiscalía General del Estado maintain strict neutrality in corruption investigations involving the government.
• Coalition partner Sumar has stuck to a cautious public position, while Podemos has joined calls for the PSOE to provide full public explanations and ensure transparency.
• The controversy began on May 25 with audio of Díez seeking favors from a lawyer tied to a hydrocarbon scandal in return for information on UCO chief Antonio Balas.