- Jun 14
Former Spanish PM Zapatero faces tax fraud and smuggling charges over €1.3 million jewellery stash as PSOE’s legal ordeal deepens
The discovery of jewels valued at more than €1.3 million in a safe at José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s Madrid office has led the investigating judge to open an urgent separate case for tax fraud and smuggling against the former prime minister, compounding a growing judicial crisis for Pedro Sánchez’s PSOE.
- Jun 14
PSOE maintains 'absolute confidence' in Zapatero while denouncing judicial 'rush' to topple Sánchez government before summer
PSOE spokesperson Montse Mínguez said on Saturday the party has absolute confidence in former prime minister Zapatero, but condemned an accelerated judicial agenda designed to bring down Pedro Sánchez's government before summer.
- Jun 10
Spanish prosecutors demand transparency over secret meetings between ex-AG's deputy and PSOE-linked figures
Two major Spanish prosecutors' associations have demanded an internal investigation and warned the current Attorney General she must resign if the institution remains opaque about two undisclosed meetings between the former deputy attorney general and individuals linked to the ruling PSOE party.
