Santiago Pedraz Gómez
Spanish jurist
- 4d ago
Spanish Minister Puente Denounces 'Undemocratic Methods' to Topple Government Amid Mounting Judicial Pressure on PSOE
Transport Minister Óscar Puente has accused political rivals, judicial figures, and media of coordinating an 'undemocratic' campaign to bring down Pedro Sánchez's government, following a series of judicial setbacks for the ruling Socialist Party.
- 4d ago
PNV's Esteban declares Spanish legislature 'finished,' demands early elections but rules out no-confidence motion
Basque Nationalist Party president Aitor Esteban declared Spain's legislature has "reached its end" and called on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to dissolve parliament and hold elections in 2026, while firmly rejecting any no-confidence motion.
- 4d ago
Spain's Senate censures Sánchez government over corruption scandals as key allies PNV and Junts abstain
The Spanish Senate approved a non-binding motion on Wednesday condemning Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's government over multiple corruption investigations, with crucial parliamentary allies PNV and Junts abstaining rather than voting against the measure.
- 5d ago
Spanish Court Orders Document Seizure at PSOE Headquarters, Implicates Former Party Boss in Alleged Judicial Sabotage Ring
Agents from Spain's Guardia Civil entered the ruling Socialist Party's Madrid headquarters on Wednesday to seize documents, while a National Court judge implicated former organizational secretary Santos Cerdán in an alleged criminal scheme to destabilize court cases affecting the party and government.
- 5d ago
Judge Pedraz alleges PSOE paid over €170,000 to a network led by Leire Díez to sabotage judicial investigations
Spain's National Court judge Santiago Pedraz has issued a ruling alleging that the ruling Socialist Party (PSOE) financed a covert network, led by former party militant Leire Díez, to systematically destabilize judicial investigations affecting the party and the government.
- 5d ago
Spanish Police Raid Socialist Party Headquarters in Expanding Corruption Probe Rocking Sánchez Government
Civil Guard officers searched the Madrid headquarters of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's Socialist Party on Wednesday, seizing documents in a widening corruption investigation that has sparked mass protests and calls for early elections.
- 5d ago
Spanish Police Raid Socialist Party Headquarters and Guardia Civil in Corruption Probe Linked to Party Fixer
Agents of Spain’s elite Guardia Civil unit UCO swept into the national headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party and the Corps’ own command centre on Wednesday, deepening a secret judicial probe into suspected payments to fixer Leire Díez.
