Spain's National Day, marked every October 12, has become a fixture in which Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez faces a crowd that has turned the military parade into a platform for voicing opposition to his government. According to ABC España, this year's edition is not expected to break with that pattern.
The outlet reports that the political backdrop suggests the discontent will be heard even more loudly, with the countdown to elections already under way.
ABC España says Sánchez reaches the day carrying a series of controversies, among them the crisis in Ceuta, the debate over housing, and the figure of the elderly woman Maricarmen Abascal, whom the opposing sides accuse one another of using.
The report notes that the staging around the parade is designed to shield the prime minister from the jeers, keeping the same arrangement used previously.
