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Profile Montoro, the Unpopular Man of Adjustments Now Dotted by Scandal

Summary by El Pais
Any government is in turn a coalition government between its finance minister and the rest. This phrase used to be jocosically repeated by Cristóbal Montoro (Cambil, Jaén, 74 years old), who was in two different periods holder of public finances with PP executives, once between 2000 and 2004 with José María Aznar and another between 2011 and 2018 with Mariano Rajoy. This comment refers to the large number of times things are stopped from the dep…

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Any government is in turn a coalition government between its finance minister and the rest. This phrase used to be jocosically repeated by Cristóbal Montoro (Cambil, Jaén, 74 years old), who was in two different periods holder of public finances with PP executives, once between 2000 and 2004 with José María Aznar and another between 2011 and 2018 with Mariano Rajoy. This comment refers to the large number of times things are stopped from the dep…

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The former Minister of Finance of the PP, Cristóbal Montoro, said on Thursday that there is no evidence against him after being charged for allegedly changing laws to benefit gas companies.

The former Minister of Finance Cristóbal Montoro criticized on Thursday 17 July the judicial order that imputed him when he considered that he did so "without any evidence" and "coinciding with the current context of real scandals by the Government of Spain", in reference to the cases of corruption that tighten the siege of the government of Pedro Sánchez.

Cristóbal Montoro has reacted to his accusation with a statement announcing that he will use "legal mechanisms" to defend his "honor" before an investigation that, in his opinion, occurs without "any evidence" against him. The former Minister of Finance has issued the brief only 24 hours after a judge charged him for allegedly leading an organization to traffic from the Ministry with the modification of laws and regulations in exchange for econo…

·Spain
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The former Minister of Finance Cristóbal Montoro has criticized the judicial order that imputes him, considering that he does so "without any evidence" and "coinciding with the current context of real scandals of the Government of Spain."He has informed EFE.Montoro has sent a statement to EFE following the judicial order that includes him as investigated by the creation of a "network of influences" to favor with legislative modifications to gas …

The former Minister of Finance Cristóbal Montoro denounced this Thursday that there is “no evidence” against him in the case in which he is charged and announced legal measures to defend his “honor”. In a letter to which Servimedia had access, Montoro makes a series of “accuracies” before “the dissemination reached” by the order of the Court of Instruction No2 of Tarragona, in which he accuses the former Minister of having promoted legal modific…

·Granada, Spain
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EL ESPAÑOL broke the news in Spain on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
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