Otegi claims Spanish state is running an operation against Sánchez
Arnaldo Otegi denounces a state operation against Sánchez's PSOE in Spain. The debate splits between those celebrating the end of two-party politics and those warning of the consequences.
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Otegi denounces a state operation to destroy the PSOE, and the debate heats up
EH Bildu's coordinator, Arnaldo Otegi, has claimed there is a political operation by the state designed to destroy Pedro Sánchez's PSOE. The remarks, made in an interview published by Cadena Ser on 27 May 2026, have reignited tensions in an already extremely polarised political climate.
Otegi's claim is not a neutral one. It comes from a man who led ETA's political wing for decades and served a prison sentence for membership of a terrorist organisation. When someone with that record accuses the state of manoeuvring against a mainstream party, the charge carries explosive weight. But the debate it has sparked goes beyond the man himself.
A rift between those calling for the PSOE's demise and those antiestéticaring a vacuum
On one side, some see these words as confirmation that Spain's post-1978 two-party system is dead. They argue it is high time the PSOE paid for its pacts with the so-called "anti-Spain" and that its disappearance – like that of Italy's Christian Democracy – would be welcome. On the other, a more cautious analysis warns: if the PSOE dissolves, its voters will not evaporate, but be split between Unidos Podemos, radical nationalist parties and new left-wing brands equally hostile to the establishment. The result would not be a strengthened centre, but a fragmentation that would make the country even more ungovernable.
Lawfare: the argument that divides
The phrase "political operation" points directly to the concept of lawfare, which Otegi knows well from his own experience in the courts. For his critics, however, the only lawfare proven so far is the one Sánchez and his inner circle cooked up ad hoc to feign a resignation that never came. Meanwhile, the shadow of ETA still looms: some of the harshest comments recall that in a serious country Otegi would have been prosecuted for his ties to terrorism, and some even wish him a violent end.
In the end, the debate leaves a bitter conclusion: Otegi's credibility to denounce lawfare is nil in his opponents' eyes, but the diagnosis that the state plays dirty against parties it finds inconvenient resonates even among those who loathe Bildu. The PSOE, meanwhile, remains trapped between the pacts it needs to govern and the erosion those pacts cause.
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EH Bildu's coordinator, Arnaldo Otegi, has claimed there is a political operation by the state designed to destroy Pedro Sánchez's PSOE. The remarks, made in an interview published by Cadena Ser on 27 May 2026, have reignited tensions in an already extremely polarised political climate.
Otegi's claim is not a neutral one. It comes from a man who led ETA's political wing for decades and served a prison sentence for membership of a terrorist organisation. When someone with that record accuses the state of manoeuvring against a mainstream party, the charge carries explosive weight. But the debate it has sparked goes beyond the man himself.
A rift between those calling for the PSOE's demise and those antiestéticaring a vacuum
On one side, some see these words as confirmation that Spain's post-1978 two-party system is dead. They argue it is high time the PSOE paid for its pacts with the so-called "anti-Spain" and that its disappearance – like that of Italy's Christian Democracy – would be welcome. On the other, a more cautious analysis warns: if the PSOE dissolves, its voters will not evaporate, but be split between Unidos Podemos, radical nationalist parties and new left-wing brands equally hostile to the establishment. The result would not be a strengthened centre, but a fragmentation that would make the country even more ungovernable.
Lawfare: the argument that divides
The phrase "political operation" points directly to the concept of lawfare, which Otegi knows well from his own experience in the courts. For his critics, however, the only lawfare proven so far is the one Sánchez and his inner circle cooked up ad hoc to feign a resignation that never came. Meanwhile, the shadow of ETA still looms: some of the harshest comments recall that in a serious country Otegi would have been prosecuted for his ties to terrorism, and some even wish him a violent end.
In the end, the debate leaves a bitter conclusion: Otegi's credibility to denounce lawfare is nil in his opponents' eyes, but the diagnosis that the state plays dirty against parties it finds inconvenient resonates even among those who loathe Bildu. The PSOE, meanwhile, remains trapped between the pacts it needs to govern and the erosion those pacts cause.
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