Spain's PM Feels 'Good and Strong' Amid Right-Wing Corruption Scandal

Spain's PM feels 'good and strong' amid right-wing corruption scandal

Corruption charges engulfing a former titan of the Spanish right have handed Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez rare breathing space during a graft probe that has imperilled his government.

Sánchez says he feels 'good and strong' amid right-wing corruption scandal - Spain in English

Corruption allegations swirling around a former senior member of Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) have offered an unexpected reprieve to socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, whose government has been under mounting pressure due to a separate graft investigation. ‘I feel good and I feel strong,’ Sánchez told reporters during an informal exchange on his seventh official visit to Latin America, adding that his ‘batteries are fully c…

Right-wing graft scandal relieves embattled Spain PM

Corruption charges engulfing a former titan of the Spanish right has handed Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rare breathing space during a graft probe that has imperilled his government. Sanchez has been reeling from an investigation into two former Socialist heavyweights who helped propel him to power in 2018, a scandal that has rocked his minority left-wing coalition and intensified speculation of its collapse and early elections. The ma…