Watch: Shadows over Spain — will corruption topple Sánchez?

Published on 15/04/2026 - 11:24 GMT+2

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife, Begoña Gómez, is present facing proceedings connected charges of power peddling and embezzlement, accused of utilizing her presumption to unafraid backing for her backstage assemblage projects.

Second, Sánchez's interior ellipse is collapsing. Last June, his erstwhile elder adjutant Santos Cerdán was placed successful pre-trial detention for alleged bribery.

Then successful November, his erstwhile Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos and apical adjutant Koldo García were placed successful custody implicit the alleged "Koldo Case".

The 2 officials allegedly accepted concealed currency payments to grant lucrative authorities look disguise contracts during the pandemic.

They whitethorn person been successful the concern of covering people's faces, but if these accusations are proven true, they did a unspeakable occupation of covering their ain tracks.

Not to notation that nationalist wealth was besides allegedly utilized present to wage for trips and a location for Abalos’ concealed mistress.

Naturally, the absorption People's Party (PP) is demanding that the premier curate resign immediately. However, their outrage is analyzable by their ain humanities scandals, astir notably the "Kitchen Case", present successful trial, wherever the enactment allegedly utilized authorities constabulary to destruct grounds of amerciable financing.

So, however atrocious is the systemic rot? According to Transparency International, successful caller years Spain has suffered a important decline.

Looking astatine the latest EU data, Spain is placed firmly successful the little fractional of the 27-member bloc.

Spain is inactive doing amended than Italy and Poland, but it is drifting uncomfortably adjacent to the bottommost of the table, wherever you volition find Hungary and Bulgaria.

So it seems Sánchez mightiness beryllium lasting up to Washington, but his top situation volition beryllium surviving Madrid.

Watch the Euronews video successful the subordinate supra for the afloat story.