Editing Felipe VI (section)

==== Conservative government fall and political instability ====
{{See also|2019–2020 Spanish government formation}}
[[File:Solemne_apertura_de_la_XIV_Legislatura_07.jpg|thumb|left|Felipe VI during his opening speech of the [[Cortes Generales]] in 2020.]] 
In May 2018, the [[Audiencia Nacional]] issued a ruling finding the ruling party, [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]], guilty as beneficiary of some corruption cases.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jones|first=Sam|date=2018-05-24|title=Court finds Spain's ruling party benefited from bribery scheme|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/24/court-finds-spain-ruling-party-pp-benefited-bribery-luis-barcenas|access-date=2023-08-26|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144921/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/24/court-finds-spain-ruling-party-pp-benefited-bribery-luis-barcenas|url-status=live}}</ref> The left-wing opposition, led by socialist [[Pedro Sánchez]], called for a [[2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy|vote of no confidence]] against the conservative prime minister. The [[Congress of Deputies]] approved the motion on 1 June 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-01|title=Spain's Rajoy ousted in no-confidence vote|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/spains-rajoy-ousted-in-no-confidence-vote/|access-date=2023-08-26|website=Politico|archive-date=26 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826104818/https://www.politico.eu/article/spains-rajoy-ousted-in-no-confidence-vote/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the King appointed Sánchez as new prime minister on 2 June.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-06-02|title=Pedro Sánchez sworn in as Spain's prime minister|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/pedro-sanchez-spain-new-prime-minister-mariano-rajoy-sworn-in/|access-date=2023-08-26|website=Politico|archive-date=26 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826104817/https://www.politico.eu/article/pedro-sanchez-spain-new-prime-minister-mariano-rajoy-sworn-in/|url-status=live}}</ref> The socialist minority government lasted for a year and a half, and fell in February 2019 after the government failed to pass the budget.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reid|first=David|date=2019-02-15|title=Spanish prime minister calls snap election after budget fails to pass|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/15/spanish-prime-minister-calls-snap-election-after-budget-fails-to-pass.html|access-date=2023-08-26|publisher=CNBC|archive-date=18 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818143144/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/15/spanish-prime-minister-calls-snap-election-after-budget-fails-to-pass.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Although the Socialists won the [[April 2019 general election]], the political scenario was left wide open.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-04-28|title=Spain election: Socialists win amid far-right breakthrough|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48081540|access-date=2023-08-26|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109172610/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48081540|url-status=live}}</ref> The socialist prime minister refused to agree with the leaders of left-wing populist [[Podemos (Spanish political party)|Podemos]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-09-12|title=Spain's Sanchez rejects latest Podemos proposal for coalition government|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-idUSKCN1VX2HS|access-date=2023-08-26|archive-date=26 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826104818/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-idUSKCN1VX2HS|url-status=live}}</ref> and the King dissolved Parliament.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Casqueiro|first1=Javier|last2=Alberola|first2=Miquel|date=2019-09-24|title=El Rey firma la disolución de las Cortes y la convocatoria de elecciones el 10-N|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/politica/2019/09/23/actualidad/1569260362_423557.html|access-date=2023-08-26|issn=1134-6582|archive-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926192807/https://elpais.com/politica/2019/09/23/actualidad/1569260362_423557.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[November 2019 Spanish general election|November general election]] had the same result as in April, so the prime minister agreed to a coalition.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jones|first=Sam|date=2019-11-12|title=Spain's ruling socialists strike coalition deal with Podemos|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/12/spain-ruling-socialists-strike-coalition-deal-with-podemos-sanchez|access-date=2023-08-26|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=26 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826104817/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/12/spain-ruling-socialists-strike-coalition-deal-with-podemos-sanchez|url-status=live}}</ref> Felipe swore in the new coalition cabinet on 13 January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-13|title=The new faces in Spain's coalition government|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/the-new-faces-in-spain-pedro-sanchez-coalition-government/|access-date=2023-08-26|website=Politico|archive-date=26 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826104818/https://www.politico.eu/article/the-new-faces-in-spain-pedro-sanchez-coalition-government/|url-status=live}}</ref>