Spanish PM Sánchez's wife Begoña Gómez to stand trial for corruption
A Spanish judge ordered Begoña Gómez, wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, to stand trial on corruption charges. She is accused of using her position as the PM's spouse to secure work contracts. The ruling threatens to further destabilise Sánchez's minority coalition government.
A Madrid judge on Saturday ordered Begoña Gómez, wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, to stand trial on corruption charges. Gómez is accused of using her position as the prime minister's spouse to secure private-sector work contracts; she has been barred from leaving the country and must report to court twice a month pending a verdict.
The case is the latest in a string of corruption inquiries circling — though not directly naming — Sánchez over recent months. Opposition parties including the People's Party (PP) and Vox argued the proceedings should accelerate any decision by the prime minister to resign.
The sustainability of Sánchez's minority coalition government depends on the case's trajectory and the stance of its allies; support from the Catalan and Basque nationalist partners will be decisive. On the IBEX 35, banks and utilities are trading cautiously against the political uncertainty.
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