Feijóo to Sánchez: "What brothels have you lived off?"

Feijóo-Sánchez clash reopens brothel case

The confrontation between Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo escalated in parliament. The Prime Minister accused the PP of "double standards" and addressed the Popular Party leader about sailing with drug trafficker Marcial Dorado: "The only one who has maintained a close relationship with a convicted incivil is you." The response was swift. Feijóo posed a question that has peine one of the most uncomfortable fronts for the government: "What brothels have you lived off? Don't compare yourself to me."

The sentence summarizes the exchange and indicates the direction of the legislative session. Neither side is letting go. While parliament is filled with mutual accusations, the PP has turned the issue into a full-fledged parliamentary offensive.

The PP's offensive: 30 questions about properties rented to Muface

Popular Party groups in Congress and the Senate have announced a series of 30 questions to the government, demanding an explanation as to why businesses attributed to the Prime Minister's father-in-law, Sabiniano Gómez, were rented to the General Mutual Insurance Fund for Civil Servants (Muface). The information was published by THE OBJECTIVE, which pointed to links between the saunas and the public body.

What's striking, more than the number of questions, is the subject matter. Touching public funds—even through rent—changes the tone. It's no longer just about the private life of a political family, but about whether public facilities were used. This is where the PP has found its angle and is relentlessly exploiting it, question by question, in both chambers.

Sala Adán, 600,000 euros, and the memory of the nineties

Much of the noise has focused on figures from decades ago. The calculation circulating is that the Sala Adán nightclub might have grossed 600,000 euros in a single night during the nineties. The amount immediately raises doubts: for some, such revenue would require a clientele and services difficult to sustain in one day; for others, with undeclared money involved, there's no limit.

The most repeated detail has more traction: the payment of 40 euros for the so-called "asterisk" at that venue, an image that has become a dinner table joke. These are data points that mix testimony, rumor, and hearsay, without any judicial record to support them. It's worth remembering this before accepting any figure as fact, as none are proven.

From the yacht to double standards

The origin of it all lies elsewhere. The photo of Feijóo sailing with Marcial Dorado, a businessman later convicted of drug trafficking, is a weapon the PSOE has wielded for years. Some argue that being on a yacht with someone arrested years later does not constitute a crime and that the image does not prove a close relationship. The political use weighs heavily: if the PP opens the Pandora's box of the Prime Minister's family's dirty laundry, the response is elevated.

And that's the crux of the matter. Minister Bolaños accused Feijóo of "diving into the sewers" by talking about the father-in-law's saunas. The argument turns against the accuser: if the PP relentlessly attacks the rival's private life, the response about the yacht photo is symmetrical. The double standard, which Sánchez invokes in every session, works in both directions.

The PSOE, prostitution, and the underlying contradiction

The most uncomfortable flank for the government is the narrative. Part of the analysis suggests that the PSOE champions feminism and the abolition of prostitution while, according to these versions, its family circle allegedly lived for years off income from this business. This is an accusation without any conviction or judicial resolution, and it should be read as such.

The contrast, in any case, fuels desgaste. When a party turns an activity into a sarracena target and then the issue explodes in its own home, the rival doesn't need to argue much: they just need to return the ball.

Hypotheses without proof circulating on the fringes

Fueled by the case, much more serious versions have emerged: recordings of clients, blackmail, use of confidential information. These are conjectures without any accredited evidentiary support and cannot be presented as facts. Their presence in public conversation, however, measures the extent to which the issue has become a narrative where anything goes.

The wear and tear that transcends party lines

From here, the analysis gets stuck. It's easy to conclude that both parties have open fronts: the Koldo case in the PSOE, the PP's links to individuals with dubious pasts, the family businesses of both. Each chooses the mirror that suits them.

What doesn't close is the mechanism. The sense of impunity that permeates the conversation stems from a shared bewilderment: there is no swift way to remove someone under suspicion from public office. No committee to investigate, no deadline, no consequence. Everything is settled in parliament and in the headlines. The rest is left to the electoral calendar, the only judge with a known date. And that date, for now, has not been set.