Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002213/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Dolors Montserrat (PPE)
There are an increasing number of legal proceedings involving those closest to the Prime Minister of Spain: his wife, his brother, the organisational secretary of the ruling party, and several former high-ranking government officials are all implicated in alleged cases of corruption, influence peddling, misappropriation of public funds and irregularities related to public procurement.
The most egregious examples include:
– the charges brought against the Prosecutor General of Spain for politically-motivated leaks of confidential information;
– the initiation of legal proceedings against the Prime Minister’s brother for misconduct and influence peddling;
– suspected circumvention of the law to obtain special immunity for regional leaders facing charges;
– the involvement of former ministerial officials in allegedly rigged public contracts;
– and the possible use of institutional influence to favour those associated with the ruling party who are close to Sánchez.
The principles of the rule of law, the separation of powers and accountability are under threat.
- 1.Does the Commission plan to include an explicit warning in its Rule of Law Report about these signs of structural corruption connected to the Spanish Government, as well as a warning about possible political interference in the legal proceedings currently under way?
Submitted: 3.6.2025