In the midst of a political storm following the judicial indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged corruption crimes linked to the bailout of the airline Plus Ultra for 53 million euros in 2021, and now awaiting the judge of the National Court José Luis Calama to lift the secrecy of the investigation file, Pedro Sánchez maintained his public agenda this Monday unaffected by this crisis, and even tried to convey calm, despite the alarm spreading within the Government and the PSOE over the uncertainty of how this process will evolve. And how far it will escalate.
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“Yes, of course,” Sánchez assured this Monday, at the end of the event where he presented a social plan in Madrid to combat the climate emergency, when the press asked him if he was calm about the lifting of the investigation file on Zapatero, who is summoned to appear as an accused before the National Court judge on June 2. The Prime Minister, however, did not make the slightest reference to the Zapatero case, which has monopolized the entire political scene since last Tuesday, during his speech presenting this climate plan endowed with 9 billion euros, in which he was accompanied by Vice President Sara Aagesen and ministers Óscar Puente and Isabel Rodríguez.
Sánchez thus maintains his public agenda without changes, aside from this political crisis with which the opposition already wants to write his epitaph, and tomorrow he plans to start a trip to Rome. As part of this visit, the head of the Executive will also meet on Wednesday at the Vatican with León XIV, as a prelude to the Pope’s tour of Spain between June 6 and 12.
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“We have to take it with calm and composure,” they argued at Moncloa, where they insist that in the judicial investigation known so far against Zapatero there may be indications but no conclusive evidence. At least for now.
Despite not making any reference to the Zapatero case during his speech this Monday, Sánchez did claim his management in the Government for almost eight years now to build “a fairer and more cohesive country.” “The data supports us: Spain is growing six times more than the average of the eurozone, and this is a success shared with the Government at the helm,” he defended. “Therefore, to continue,” he assured. That is, no throwing in the towel.
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