Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001296/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Jorge Buxadé Villalba (PfE)
The President of the PRISA Group, Joseph Oughourlian, has accused Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, in an El País column[1] of using public companies to take control of that group. Oughourlian alludes to the Spanish Government’s efforts as largest shareholder of Telefónica[2] to take control of the media belonging to the PRISA Group[3]. Telefónica has received public EU money in the form of subsidies granted by the Commission.
In the light of this alarming state of affairs:
- 1.What aid has Telefónica and the PRISA Group received in the last 10 years and which EU programmes and funds has it benefited from?
- 2.How much in total has been allocated from the EU budget to those companies?
- 3.When will the Commission end its complicity in the social Spanish Government’s assault on democracy and the rule of law?
Submitted: 27.3.2025
- [1] https://elpais.com/opinion/2025-03-17/mi-compromiso-con-el-pais-libertad-editorial-e-independencia.html
- [2] https://www.sepi.es/es/sala-de-prensa/noticias/sepi-alcanza-la-participacion-del-10-en-telefonica
- [3] https://www.elconfidencial.com/empresas/2025-03-15/el-gobierno-usa-a-telefonica-y-se-reune-en-paris-con-vivendi-para-tomar-prisa_4086909/
Last updated: 9 April 2025