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Feijóo Brands Sánchez a Pharisee at O Pino Rally

The speech was built around a calculated play on the Prime Minister's initials. "P.S." — Pedro Sánchez — became, in Feijóo's words, the abbreviation for "fariseo," the Spanish word for pharisee, meaning a hypocrite who preaches one thing and does another. Feijóo said Sánchez came to power promising to "clean up" Spanish politics but instead governed through scandal and broken promises, according to Levante EMV.

Feijóo went further, saying those who "came to clean" had instead left behind "open judicial case files" — referring to ongoing investigations involving former advisors and close allies of the government. He called the result not a government, but an "organización criminal." The phrase drew loud applause from the crowd gathered in the carballeira of A Magdalena under an orange heat alert across Galicia, Diario de Mallorca reported.

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PP Leads PSOE by 4.7 Points as Sánchez Faces Pressure

Feijóo's offensive comes at a moment of significant strength for the PP. A June 2026 barometer from El País and Cadena SER put the PP at 32.4% voting intention against the PSOE's 27.7% — a gap of 4.7 percentage points. Some right-leaning polls project the combined PP and Vox bloc winning more than 200 seats in a hypothetical election, according to La Opinión de Zamora.

Around 5.3% of voters who backed the PSOE in 2023 have since shifted directly to the PP, according to tracking data cited by analysts. Feijóo is using that momentum deliberately. Political experts say the "criminal organization" framing signals that the PP is no longer seeking a negotiated transition — it wants a full dismantling of the Sánchez era's legacy, as El Periódico Mediterráneo noted.

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Rueda Opens Rally Calling for Stability Over Madrid 'Madness'

Before Feijóo took the stage, Alfonso Rueda, President of the Xunta de Galicia, opened the event by contrasting Galicia's calm governance with what he called the "constant news that shames us" coming from Madrid. Rueda urged Feijóo to "gather strength" for the coming takeover of La Moncloa. The rally, a long-standing PP tradition, cost attendees €30 per plate for the traditional romería lunch, La Provincia reported.

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Government Fires Back, Calling PP Language 'Trumpian'

The PSOE and government spokespeople hit back quickly. They labeled Feijóo's remarks "Trumpian" and "undemocratic," accusing the PP of "poisoning public discourse" to mask its lack of any real legislative program. They framed the speech as the act of a leader who cannot win on policy and must rely on insults and what they called "lawfare" instead, according to Diario de Ibiza.

Progressive media focused on the risks of Feijóo's escalating language. The use of words like "cloaca" and "podredumbre" — sewer and rot — alongside "criminal organization" deepens what analysts describe as a "two Spains" divide. Cross-party consensus on major issues, including judicial renewals, now looks nearly impossible for the rest of this legislature, El Periódico Extremadura noted.

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