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It’s the announcement all of Spain — and much of Europe — is waiting for with bated breath: Is Pedro Sánchez willing to remain his country’s prime minister, or is he calling it quits and voluntarily ushering in a new period of political instability in the EU’s fifth-largest economy?

Supporters and opponents alike now await a decision that has the potential to radically alter Spain’s political landscape and significantly impact the distribution of the EU’s top jobs after June’s European Parliament election.

Sánchez’s announcement last Wednesday was motivated by news that a Madrid judge had launched a preliminary corruption and influence-peddling investigation focused on Begoña Gómez, the prime minister’s wife.

The intensity of the pressure to which Sánchez and his family have been subjected was underscored by the Spanish media on Friday, when multiple publications posted recordings of a 2014 meeting between the then-secretary of state for security, center-right politician Francisco Martínez, and José Manuel Villarejo.

It’s unclear how much sway the caretaker figure who would take over from Sánchez — presumably Deputy Prime Minister María Jesús Montero — would have in the crucial talks, and how much the collapse of yet another Socialist government in Iberia will affect the distribution of posts in the European Commission, Council and the EU’s foreign affairs arm.

Their ability to influence the top job negotiations will likely be weakened if Sánchez, one of the bloc’s most senior and powerful Socialist prime ministers, isn’t in the room when those talks happen.

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