In May 2018 , following another corruption scandal involving the PP , PSOE submitted a motion of no confidence in Rajoy 's government and on 1 June 2018 Congress approved the motion after Podemos and various separatist , nationalist and regionalist parties chose to support the motion . As a result of the vote PSOE leader Pedro Sánchez became Prime Minister
motion of no confidence in Rajoy 's government
2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy
12th Congress of Deputies