
Courts Close In on the Spanish PM’s Wife
Investigations involving Begoña Gómez, Socialist officials, and former senior government figures are turning June into a crucial month for the PSOE’s political future.

Investigations involving Begoña Gómez, Socialist officials, and former senior government figures are turning June into a crucial month for the PSOE’s political future.

The lawyers of the private accusers have demanded a 24-year jail term for the wife of the Spanish Socialist prime minister, in a case that now reaches the innermost circle of the government.

Manos Limpias files indictment accusing Begoña Gómez of influence peddling and embezzlement, as a Madrid judge moves the case forward.

While Spaniards count down the collapse of Sánchez’s unpopular, corruption-ridden government, a magazine has crowned him Person of the Year 2025.

Corruption allegations involving Pedro Sánchez’s close family members add pressure on his government.

New elections would put the country “into paralysis,” the Spanish PM said.

Accused of embezzlement of public funds, Begoña Gómez may now be formally prosecuted.

Judges, opposition leaders, and media question the sincerity of Pedro Sánchez’s reform drive as credibility erodes inside and outside parliament.

The scandals are piling up for the Spanish PM to such an extent that even allies in the EU Parliament are now raising questions.

The officer targeted by the hoax was leading probes into alleged corruption involving PM Sánchez’s wife, brother, and a former minister.