Spanish advocacy group Hazte Oír, a member of the CitizenGo network, installed a huge banner depicting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez beside the headline “Corrupt”—but it didn’t last long.
The PM found a sympathetic judge who issued a court order to remove it, prompting the National Police to request the same. Firefighters complied, taking down the poster. On X, commentator Emmanuel Rincón declared “Sorry, it’s Pedro Chávez, not Sánchez.”
Highlighting official corruption is not the done thing under Spain’s allegedly corrupt government, with Ursula von der Leyen’s partners in Brussels now using the judiciary to silence uncomfortable messages.
