Corruption Scandals Put Spain’s Sánchez Under Pressure to Call Snap Elections

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

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Because of corruption in their own ranks, Pedro Sánchez' left-socialist coalition of governments is in its greatest crisis so far. New elections, however, would probably bring far-right extremists to power.

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)

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A corruption scandal shakes the coalition government of Pedro Sánchez. Statements by Karina Rierola.

El Pais

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“Do you have any respect for the Spaniards?”“Do you have an approximation of the money that has stolen from the Spaniards the different plots that surround you?”“What do you plan to do?”“This is the tenor of the three registered formal questions that Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP), Santiago Abascal (Vox) and Gabriel Rufián (ERC) will launch this Wednesday to the president, Pedro Sánchez, in the control session to the Congressional Government. A whole…

El Mundo

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On the eve of a key week with the NATO summit and the European Council, in Brussels they are increasingly looking to Spain and to the scandals that accumulate around the president of the government.

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The Secretary General of the Spanish Left, Guillermo del Valle, was forceful during his intervention in Trece Al Día, where he described the current political situation as “inexhaustible” and denounced that the government of Pedro Sánchez has derived in a model of power based on blackmail, corruption and institutional decomposition. In his opinion, it is not only a crisis of the Socialist Party, but a direct threat to the rule of law: “The quest…