The PSOE has increased from 15,612 euros to 44,859 euros the payments that the socialist formation in Cantabria paid for communication consultancy to Leire Díez, investigated by the National Court in an alleged plot “to destabilize” judicial processes against Ferraz. In a document sent to the Madrid court that initiated the investigations, the party details the periods in which the so-called plumber of the PSOE provided her services as a freelancer and the amount of the corresponding invoices “in the interest of full cooperation” with justice. The document was sent on May 14, just over ten days before the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard entered the party’s national headquarters to request information under the orders of the National Court.

The principle of ‘national priority’, which involves prioritizing Spaniards over immigrants in access to public services, and which has been incorporated into the government agreements of Vox and PP in Extremadura and Aragón, is supported by four out of ten respondents in the May barometer of the Center for Sociological Research (CIS), published this Friday.

Tubos Reunidos is now the third investigated company that was rescued in 2021 during the pandemic by the State Society of Industrial Participations (SEPI), as were Plus Ultra and Air Europa. In this case, it has been by order of the judge of the Audiencia Nacional, Santiago Pedraz, who yesterday ordered the search of its headquarters by the central operational unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has burst into many professions and is changing the way people work. Aware that this tool can modify the activity of the courts, the Plenary Session of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) approved an instruction on its use in January, in which it warned judges that AI cannot dictate sentences, assess facts or evidence, or apply the law without the supervision and “constant human, real, conscious and effective control” of the magistrates.