Javier Izquierdo, a prominent figure in the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), resigned from all his party and institutional roles amid fresh allegations of sexual harassment lodged through the party’s internal channels.
In doing so yesterday, he cited “personal” motives for his sudden and unexpected resignation but it came in light of the claims against him.
Izquierdo announced his decision via a post on X stating: “After years in public and organic positions in my party, I have communicated to the federal leadership my resignation as a member of the CEF [Federal Executive Commission] and also as a senator.
“I am doing this to take on other professional and personal tasks, sure that there will be someone who can do it better. Always grateful.”
He also left the party’s leadership WhatsApp group shortly before the announcement.
Tras años en cargos públicos y orgánicos de mi partido, he comunicado a la dirección federal mi renuncia como miembro de la CEF y también como senador.
Lo hago para afrontar otras tareas profesionales y personales seguro de que habrá quien lo haga mejor.
Siempre agradecido. 🌹
— Javier Izquierdo (@javizqui) December 11, 2025
The resignation came minutes after eldiario.es reported the existence of a new complaint against him for alleged sexual harassment, marking the fourth such case in the PSOE in recent weeks.
Sources within the party indicated that accusations of “machista behaviours” had been circulating internally for days, although no judicial proceedings have been confirmed.
The PSOE has not publicly elaborated on the claims against Izquierdo.
He had served as a senator for Valladolid since July 2023 and held the position of Secretary of Studies and Programmes in the Federal Executive Commission, a key national leadership role overseeing policy development and electoral strategies.
Izquierdo was General Secretary of the PSOE of Valladolid between 2012 and 2017. That year he was also elected Executive Secretary of Training of the PSOE.
His resignation forms part of a broader crisis engulfing the PSOE, described by some as a “Me Too” moment within the party.
It follows similar cases within the PSOE.
Francisco (Paco) Salazar, a former Moncloa adviser and close ally of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, stepped down in July after multiple harassment complaints, although his case involved allegations of inappropriate conduct towards female colleagues that the party initially mishandled.
Antonio Navarro, PSOE leader in Torremolinos, was suspended from party membership and José Tomé, President of Lugo Provincial Council and Mayor of Monforte de Lemos, resigned from his provincial role one day before Izquierdo after anonymous complaints from six women.
These cases have prompted internal dismay, with party members expressing shock at their scale and the party’s handling of them, including claims of lost or obfuscated complaints.
Adding to this is that the sexual allegation stories hit the party as it is struggling with the ever expanding corruption probe by the Central Operational Unit of Spain’s Guardia Civil (UCO), the country’s national gendarmerie-style police force.
After arresting three major figures of the PSOE yesterday, police today raided the headquarters of Spain’s National Post service Correos and several general directorates dependent on the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Ecological Transition. They were reportedly in search of documentation of several public procurement files on the suspicion of corruption and graft.
Such documents could shed more light on the suspected manipulation of expensive public contracts in a number of important State enterprises, according to the National Court and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.
In a separate alleged corruption case, the Prosecutor’s Office believes the State holding company Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) was used by socialist figures to launder money from a criminal gang linked to Venezuela and which were repaid with funds from the bailout granted by the Spanish Government to an airline company, Plus Ultra.
Europe is watching Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as he navigates the corruption investigation into the people considered to be the makers of his political career. https://t.co/RJCl1eQw9V
— Brussels Signal (@brusselssignal) November 28, 2025
