Aznar calls for 'national majority' to oust Sánchez, warns against Junts

Former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar has called for a 'national majority' to remove Pedro Sánchez, declaring that 'that majority will be national or it will not be' Source: El Mundo. Speaking at a New Economy Forum event where he presented PP spokesperson Ester Muñoz, Aznar argued that the next general election would be the most important in recent democratic history, deciding 'survival or liquidation of the constitutional nation' Source: ABC.

Key statements

• Aznar warned against trusting Junts, stating that although some groups support motions demanding Sánchez's resignation, their real goal is for the PSOE to replace him with someone who will 'grant plurinationality and expand the amnesty' Source: Infobae.
• He described the current government as a 'voluntary hostage of its partners' and the Moncloa as a 'Madrid delegation of secessionism' Source: El Confidencial.
• Aznar defined a 'national majority' as a 'broad centrist majority with the capacity to convene the right and left around a reconstructive purpose of historical dimensions' Source: La Vanguardia.

PP's stance

Ester Muñoz echoed Aznar's line, ruling out agreements with Junts due to their 'postulates' clashing with the PP's red lines of the Constitution and the law, while leaving the door open to Vox. 'We have to understand each other,' she said, citing 'moments of national emergency' Source: El Español. She also indicated that the PP sees no majority for a constructive motion of censure, creating a parliamentary paradox .