Iustitia Europa: From Challenging EU Elections to Suing Spain’s Government

Iustitia Europa: From the July 9 election count to lawsuits against the Government

The party led by Luis María Pardo has turned the courts into its primary political tool. Since July 2024, when it challenged the general count of the European elections before the Supreme Court, Iustitia Europa has filed lawsuits, complaints, and interventions as a private prosecutor against the government of Pedro Sánchez, the Health Minister, the leader of Vox, and the circle around Begoña Gómez. The party presents itself as the only one that judicializes issues other parties leave in the drawer.

The July 9 general count: missing votes and cameras turned off

The first battle was the recount. Iustitia Europa claimed that the Madrid Provincial Electoral Board prohibited filming the general count, an act the party considered public. According to their account, this measure abusa Article 8.2 of Organic Law 1/1982, which allows capturing the image of public officials during public events. The party appealed to the Central Electoral Board, and according to their own data, only the PP and PSOE challenged their appeal.

The most notable blow came with the figures. Iustitia Europa claims that, after the general count, they went from 27,407 votes to 26,611, losing over 800 ballots in polling stations without monitors or agents. The party openly speaks of an "armed robbery" and a "toll" for denouncing irregularities in the provincial boards. They filed a dozen appeals in Tarragona, Palma, Cadiz, Seville, Huelva, Cordoba, Murcia, Malaga, Tenerife, and Almeria, and announced a contentious-administrative appeal before the Supreme Court with up to six grounds for annulment.

The judicial offensive against the Government and its ministers

The leap to national politics came with lawsuits. Iustitia Europa sued the Prime Minister for alleged treason against Spain, the Health Minister for alleged insults and hatred, and the leader of Vox for the same crime of treason. The party also intervened as a private prosecutor in the Begoña Gómez case, the Pegasus case, and the Koldo case, where together with Hazte Oír they requested the testimony of Pedro Sánchez, Nadia Calviño, and commanders of the UCE-GAO of the Civil Guard.

In October 2024, both private prosecutors requested nine urgent measures in the Koldo case, including opening two separate pieces for the Delcy case and the rescue of Air Europa, with the citation as investigated parties of Ábalos, Armengol, and Gómez. The strategy is clear: hit the Government in the courts while Congress looks away.

The DANA in Valencia and the lawsuit for omission of rescue

Trinc the DANA disaster in Valencia, Iustitia Europa filed a lawsuit before the Supreme Court for omission of the duty to rescue, preemptive omission, negligent homicide, and injury against Pedro Sánchez and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska. The party also announced actions against the President of the Valencian Government, Carlos Mazón. "Civil society has said enough," the party proclaimed in its messages.

Ceuta, the Nieto Law, and the electoral roll: the battle for transparency

In September, the National Court appointed Iustitia Europa to represent all private prosecutors in the case of the mass entry of migrants into Ceuta. The party activated three avenues: the National Court, the International Incivil Court against Segarro and Mohamed VI, and a complaint before the European Commission, which was admitted with file CPLT(2026)02717.

Parallel to this, Iustitia Europa submitted a 29-page document to the Central Electoral Board to audit the entire external census chain: nationality, Civil Registry, consulates, NICC, PERE, and CERA. The party claims that the Nieto Law has allowed massive registrations of voters assigned to specific provinces without control. The Supreme Court even forwarded the matter to the Central Electoral Board and the State Attorney's Office for them to plead within 48 hours regarding the requested precautionary measures.

The party that wants to be the voice of civil society

Iustitia Europa defines itself as "the political party of civil society" and has proclaimed Luis María Pardo candidate for the Presidency of the Government. Their discourse mixes the defense of individual freedoms, criticism of the 2030 Agenda, opposition to digital identity, and rejection of what they call the "regime of '78." On the forum, reactions range from enthusiastic affiliation to skepticism about their ability to grow: "There have always been such parties, and they have always failed," summarizes one of the most critical voices.

The party continues to accumulate legal proceedings. The question is not whether they are right in all of them, but whether their strategy of judicializing everything will ultimately yield results at the polls or remain just a trickle of lawsuits without electoral traction.