18
Jun
2025
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Safeguarding the rule of law in Spain, ensuring an independent and autonomous prosecutor's office to fight crime and corruption (debate)
Mr President, while Qatargate splattered the European left, it is now the turn of Spain's socialist power to be at the centre of a major corruption scandal. A recent investigation report of nearly 500 pages has highlighted a widespread system of bribes between relatives of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and entrepreneurs. However, the case does not end there: his wife is herself under investigation for trading in influence, his brother is sent to court in another case related to the Socialist Party, and filled with cynicism, the public prosecutor's office, led by a personality now herself indicted, has systematically defended them. If the European Commission claims to defend the rule of law, let it first sweep the door of its socialist allies, instead of turning it into a weapon against right-wing governments. As for Olivier Faure, who is always quick to lecture my party, let him at least have the decency to condemn the actions of his Spanish ally in the European Parliament.