The former Prime Minister had a decisive role in the turbulent life of the company Plus Ultra according to the UDEF in the new reports released today. The documents, accessed by La Vanguardia, describe for example the determining role of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the task of persuading a shareholder who did not accept the viability plan without which the Spanish government’s aid would never have arrived or, in another case, report the influence of the former president in obtaining flight permits from the Venezuelan Government for the company.

Oysters and champagne. And with large doses of mockery. This is how the Plus Ultra leadership celebrated the airline’s bailout, with a public aid of 53 million euros, which is the basis of the judicial case in the National Court in which the former Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, is under investigation. This is evidenced by a photograph sent by the company’s CEO, Roberto Roselli, to Julio Martínez, a friend of the former socialist leader, in a restaurant, accompanied by the message: Warning to navigators: SEPI does not approve those expenses.” To which they respond in the chat with a “Relax, that comes out of the 1% [referring to the commission that would have been paid for the bailout]”.

Officials of the airline Plus Ultra sought ways to halt the investigation opened regarding the company’s bailout with 53 million euros from the Government. One of them was the Public Prosecutor’s Office.