The European People's Party is moving in Brussels to try to make Pedro Sánchez's decision to dissolve the Cortes and call early elections during Spain's presidency of the Council of the EU have consequences. The president of the party, and leader in addition to the popular in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, has officially asked for the speech to be delayed until September.

He will also ask the European Commission that any decision on national recovery funds also be paralyzed until there is a new government in charge.