The PSOE would win the general elections if they were held now and would do so with the maximum support of the entire legislature, an estimated 36.4% of the vote, according to the April barometer from the Centre for Sociological Research (CIS), released this Monday, which places the PP thirteen points behind the socialists, with 23.6% -a result similar to that of recent months-, and portrays Vox in free fall, with 14.7%, four points less than in February.

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If confirmed, I will work with the United States Department of the Treasury and the Governments of Andorra and Spain to ensure that actions are carried out in a fair, transparent, and consistent manner.” The author of these words is Benjamin Leon, the new United States ambassador to Spain and Andorra, and the translation of the diplomatic language is that his country is upset with the way the authorities of both countries acted in 2015 to liquidate Banca Privada d’Andorra (BPA) and that in his new post he will investigate what exactly happened.

The popular prosecution led by the ultra-conservative organization Hazte Oír in the Begoña Gómez case has requested 24 years in prison for the wife of the Prime Minister for the four crimes proposed by Judge Juan Carlos Peinado, as well as a ban on leaving the country and the confiscation of her passport due to “flight risk”. It also requests 22 years for her advisor, Cristina Álvarez, and six for businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés. For her part, Pedro Sánchez’s wife has filed a complaint with the Madrid High Court against the investigation carried out by Peinado, in which she asks for his decision to close the investigation and prosecute her to be declared null and void, as she believes her defense rights have been violated.

It was supposed to be barely two hours, but Luis Bárcenas had to eat a sandwich in the hallway of the Audiencia Nacional because his statement lasted five hours. It was one of the most anticipated appointments of the Kitchen plot trial, one of the biggest scandals in a country too accustomed to corruption. And it did not disappoint.

With a firm, calm step and now free —which is no small thing—, Luis Bárcenas arrived this morning at the Audiencia Nacional ready to undergo an interrogation in which he would explain what documents were stolen from him through the so-called Operation Kitchen, allegedly orchestrated by the Ministry of Interior during Mariano Rajoy’s time. However, the former treasurer of the Popular Party, with no outstanding issues with justice, delved into an area that the judge who instructed the case did not want to enter: “this operation was initiated by the party leaders”.