"Sánchez went on public television to discredit judges who investigate their own people and tell us that he could continue to not approve the budget for the third time because it is much better than calling elections," the PP (right-wing) leader emphasized in a message on the social network X.

"This is not a democratic anomaly. It is already a danger for Spain," Feijóo added.

Sánchez emphasized, in an interview with TVE, that "there are judges playing politics" in the country and assured that the continuity of the government he leads depends on the actions of the executive branch and not the judiciary.

"Even though I trust the justice system and even though I think the vast majority of judges do their jobs well, there are judges who don't," Sánchez said in his first interview in 14 months, at a time when former ministers and former leaders of the Socialist Party (PSOE), as well as his wife and brother, are embroiled in legal cases and corruption allegations.

"There are judges who engage in politics and politicians who try to do justice, without a doubt. They are a minority, but they cause terrible damage to justice," added the leader of the Spanish government and the PSOE, specifically referring to his brother, David Sánchez, and his wife, Begoña Gómez.

For Sánchez, there are judges with "performance and training problems" who, "in the end, are paying two people because they are relatives" of the prime minister. Emphasizing that "false accusations" from "far-right organizations" are at stake in these two cases, Sánchez guaranteed the "innocence and honesty" of his brother and wife and said he hopes that justice and time will "put things right."

The Spanish Prime Minister reiterated that he considered resigning last June when suspicions of corruption arose against the then "number 3" of the PSOE and member of parliament, Santos Cerdán, considered one of the men politically closest to Sánchez and most influential in his path to leadership of the PSOE and the government.

He decided, however, to remain in office, immediately dismissing Cerdán—who is currently in pre-trial detention—and guaranteeing full cooperation with the justice system, he said, emphasizing that there is no suspicion of "irregular financing" or "structural corruption" within the PSOE. The government's continuity "depends on the government's actions, without a doubt," Sánchez responded when asked if it depended more on the courts and the justice system than on the executive branch's own actions.