Sánchez canceled his agenda for the coming days and said that on Monday he will reveal whether he will continue to lead the government, after a judicial investigation involving his wife, Begoña Gómez, became known and which the prime minister attributes to personal persecution and a "mud machine" from the Popular Party (PP, right) and Vox (far right).

The current Spanish government, a left-wing coalition of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) and Sumar, was made viable in parliament by six more nationalist and pro-independence parties from the Canary Islands, Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque Country.

Sumar, through deputy and leader Enrique Santiago, said today that he understands that Sánchez "is devastated" by the persecution that his wife is being targeted with, but argued that "he has an obligation to the country" to stop and resist the attack by the right and far right.

Podemos - which recently left the Sumar platform due to disagreements with the leadership and with Sánchez himself - also expressed solidarity with the prime minister and argued that he should remain in office and not give up for these reasons.

"When someone like Sánchez reaches this point, it means that something serious is happening," said Podemos leader Ione Belarra, who argued that it is necessary to stop "the coup-plotting right" that persecutes and personally attacks its opponents, as has already happened to leaders of this party.

The Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC, pro-independence), through parliamentary leader Gabriel Rufián, asked Sánchez not to give in to "philo-fascism" because it would be "a bad example".

The Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG), in turn, said that it "respects Pedro Sánchez's decision", but argued that the current legislature must continue, denouncing the right's "strategy of tension without moral and ethical scruples" to destroy political opponents.

The Basque pro-independence party EH Bildu assured that "it will not open the way for the right" even if Sánchez ends up resigning and the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) appealed to the prime minister not to wait until Monday to address the country.

The PNV - in line with other parties - also advocated legislative changes to prevent "any complaint, however fragile, from leading to a judicial investigation".

As for Together for Catalonia (JxCat), from former regional president Carles Puigdemont, it challenged Sánchez to submit to a motion of confidence in parliament.

Pedro Sánchez said he is considering resigning after a Madrid court confirmed the opening of a "preliminary inquiry" involving his wife, Begoña Gómez, for alleged influence peddling and corruption, following a complaint from the association "Clean Hands", associated with the far right.

Begoña Gómez will be investigated for alleged links to private companies, such as the airline Air Europa, which received public support during the pandemic crisis or signed contracts with the State when Sánchez was already prime minister.

The "Clean Hands" association itself said today, in a statement, that it made the complaint based on publications in digital media and comments in "talks", admitting that they may be false allegations.

Also today, the Public Prosecutor's Office ruled for the case to be shelved.

The publications about Begoña Gómez have been mentioned by the PP and Vox in public statements and in political debates, including in parliament.

The prime minister and leader of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) said that he and his wife have been victims for months "of an operation of harassment and destruction" by the PP and Vox, in an "unprecedented attack" in Spanish democracy.

Sánchez, who has led the Spanish government since 2018, accused the PP and Vox of not accepting the results of the last elections and of having realized that "the political attack would not be enough", so they moved on to the personal attack and, above all, to his wife, in what he considered to be the crossing of unacceptable lines.

The PP and Vox accused him of playing the victim and putting on "a show" that embarrasses Spain internationally in order to divert attention from the suspicions of corruption.

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