The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, is considering repeating his summer vacation in Lanzarote, as he has been doing in recent years. According to La Voz, the Spanish leader could return to the La Mareta residence between August 6 and 23.
In the previous two years, Sánchez has chosen the island of volcanoes to spend his summer vacation with his family. During the past two summer periods, he could be seen accompanied by his wife Begoña Gómez strolling through the traditional Haría market.
In 2023, this media exclusively published images of the Spanish president with the filmmaker Alejandro Amenábar and the presenter Jesús Calleja. In addition, last summer, he also walked through the same place with the president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Salvador Illa.
This time, Sánchez's vacation on the island would take place at a time of uncertainty for the Spanish Executive. Although for the moment the parties that support the coalition government have not withdrawn their support, the provisional imprisonment of the former number three of the PSOE Santos Cerdán has turned the party upside down, given the indications of corruption.
In this line, Coalición Canaria has already asked the national president to submit to a motion of confidence, while the leader of the Partido Popular on the island, Ástrid Pérez, has gone a step further and demanded that Pedro Sánchez not spend his vacation in Lanzarote.
La Mareta, a gift to Juan Carlos I
La Mareta, located in Las Caletas, in the tourist town of Costa Teguise, belongs to National Heritage. This property by the sea has hosted heads of state from all governments, including José María Aznar (Partido Popular) and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (PSOE), who also has a house on the island.
This space has also hosted former German chancellors Helmut Kohl and Gerhard Schröder, former president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Mikhail Gorbachev or Czech President Václav Havel.
La Mareta, which is a work by César Manrique and Fernando Higueras, was commissioned by King Hussein I of Jordan in the late 70s and then given as a gift to King Emeritus Juan Carlos I. This space also hosted the entire royal family at the beginning of the century.
