Sánchez advanced his balance for the year to go on vacation for two weeks at Christmas

Thus, as presidential sources confirm to ABC, Sánchez will take the longest vacation during the Christmas period since he has been president of the government. A total of 15 dayseight of which correspond to 2025, adding to the more than 35 already taken throughout the year. This year, the chief executive will exceed the number of days off he had in 2024, when he took five extra days to reflect after his wife’s accusation, the longest leave so far.

The socialist general secretary face your toughest days at the head of the Government, with a multitude of scandals which fully affect the party he leads. If last year Sánchez had to take on the accusation of his wife, his brother and his former confidant, José Luis Ábalos, this year he saw two of his right-hand men, Ábalos himself and Santos Cerdán, enter preventive detention, he suffered several resignations or dismissals due to complaints of sexual harassment in his closest environment, he saw how his brother was brought to justice and how the National Court decided to investigate alleged irregular financing of the PSOE.

Until last year, the usual thing was for the president to appear between December 27 and 30almost at the end of the current year. In this way, he also highlighted the king’s speech, broadcast on the night of December 24. Last year, however, he was already a day ahead of Felipe VI, celebrating his accountability in front of the press on the 23rd. In 2025, the socialist leader did it again, but anticipating the monarch’s speech by more than a week.

Although the official version is that Sánchez “He is strong, eager to exhaust his mandate In 2027, “the reality is very different. More and more alone, with greater distrust of those around him, the president reflects and decides in private about each step he is going to take. Just yesterday he reiterated his intention not to advance the elections, although in his own parliamentary group, last week, during the last plenary session of the year, some socialist parliamentarians said goodbye to their PP colleagues “in case we do not return not in February.”

Lanzarote and Aragon, confirmed destinations

Pedro Sánchez and his family They will travel safely to Lanzarotepossibly for New Year’s Eve, as they have done in previous years. The idea that the presidential family is managing is to move to the official residence of La Mareta, where they have already stayed for 23 days throughout the month of August, or about a week. This will be the last part of his Christmas vacation, before returning to the Moncloa Palace on Three Kings Day, to attend the Military Easter and face the new political course.

Before their trip to the Canary Islands, according to these same sources, Sánchez and Begoña Gómez will repeat the same thing Last year’s getaway to the Aragonese Pyrenees. The couple, perhaps without their daughters, plan to spend “a few or three days” in the area, where both have had friends for many years. Sánchez and Gómez share their love of skiing, a practice that they can develop on the slopes of Aramón.

Doñana or Quintos de Mora

THE first part of the presidential vacationwhich takes place from January 23 until after Christmas, is the one which still raises the most questions today. Although there is barely a week left for Sánchez and his family to settle in their first destination, sources close to the president indicate that it is still unclear whether they will go to the Las Marismillas farm, in Doñana (Huelva), or whether they will go to Quintos de Mora (Toledo).

The president has not visited the Andalusian town of Almonte, where Doñana is located, for a few years, prioritizing La Mareta for longer vacations and Quintos de Mora for one-, two- or three-day getaways. However, this year that could change, as they indicate, by enjoy more days off during the Christmas period.