The prices at the gate of the election and the split on the left put the coalition at a crucial moment.

It’s been three years since the photo with which the first coalition government began its journey after the restoration of democracy. Some of his heroes, like Pablo Iglesias and Adriana Lastra, are no longer on stage. And Pedro Sánchez is now not looking suspiciously at Unidas Podemos, which has risen to its feet, but is watching out of the corner of his eye, fearing that a split to his left will lead to the disaster that would help him get out of Montcloi. . While the Socialists hope to counter the “feijoo effect” they see waning, the coalition reaches its crucial point in the election amid a shortened election cycle, with no clear plan for candidates in the confederation space. And with the increase in the shopping basket, which they tried in the last Council of Ministers in 2022 with an extraordinary package of measures.