The standoff between the PSOE and Sumar deepens five days before Sánchez's appearance.

The coalition supporting the government is experiencing a period of strategic deadlock in the midst of a political turmoil. And although the demands expressed by Sumar following the coalition pact follow-up meeting have clearly annoyed the PSOE, Yolanda Díaz's party yesterday intensified their public pressure on the Socialists, whom they accuse of keeping the government in a dangerous impasse in the face of the institutional crisis unleashed by the corruption case involving the former Secretaries of Organization of the Socialist Party.

The plurinational group demands that Pedro Sánchez not appear on July 9th with a "unilateral speech," but rather with a package of measures previously agreed upon with his governing partner. Sumar insists that the proposals presented yesterday to the PSOE are not mere suggestions, but a non-negotiable roadmap. "The roadmap we put on the table is, quite simply, the best possible mechanism both to strengthen the coalition and, above all, to rebuild the trust of the public," say sources within the party.

"The 9th is a very important date for Sánchez to choose whether he wants to represent the entire coalition government or simply speak for one part of the executive, which is the PSOE," Díaz's team insisted in a message that was repeated yesterday, almost word for word, by all the Sumar leaders who spoke publicly.

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In this regard, the executive's minority partner regrets that, despite the seriousness of the situation, the PSOE is "reacting too late." They believe that Wednesday's meeting "arrived late," that the appearance on the 9th will also "arrive late," and that even now there is an excessive wait for the Socialists to hold their Federal Committee this weekend. And they accept this in tactical terms. But they warn that, as soon as the conclave ends, "there is no choice" but to accelerate the negotiations. "This deadlock must end now," they emphasize.

Pablo Bustinduy put it bluntly: "The PSOE needs an imminent change of attitude." The Minister of Social Rights warned that the legislature is facing a "very serious crisis," but it can still be revived if the majority partner respects Sumar's "conditions" for relaunching the government.

Enrique Santiago, parliamentary spokesperson for the United Left, echoed the sentiment. He stated that his party will "do its best" to ensure the work is completed "among all coalition forces" before the 9th. "There is no other way to proceed," he warned, comparing the current situation with other occasions when the firmness of the plurinational space forced the PSOE to backtrack, as happened with the arms contracts with Israel.

More cautious in form, but not in substance, the leader of Sumar in the government, Yolanda Díaz, also emphasized that Sánchez cannot appear without a prior agreement. "He must take measures before the 9th. If not, the president will appear not on behalf of the government, but of the PSOE," she warned. "This cannot continue. When we say we need to make a change, we need to make a change in democratic and social regeneration," she added, alluding to Wednesday's unsuccessful meeting.

The plurinational group believes that the government is risking not only its credibility in Parliament, but also the legitimacy of its own project among the public. "The president's appearance should not serve as a means of confronting the measures among partners," they suggest, in anticipation of a parliamentary debate in which the opposition is expected to come out in force to undermine the president. "On the contrary. There is no time to waste. Sánchez must represent the entire government to immediately act as a catalyst and thus relaunch the legislature, which is what the public is waiting for."

Meanwhile, the clock is ticking. Sumar is clear: the impasse has an expiration date. The time for gestures has passed, and the time for decisions must begin Saturday night.