Cover image: El presidente del Gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez, y su esposa, Begoña Gómez, llegan a la misa oficiada por el Papa León XIV en la Basílica de la Sagrada Familia en Barcelona, ​​España, el 10 de junio de 2026. © Bernat Armangue - AP

Spanish PM faces mounting pressure as party mired in political scandals

· France 24

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on June 23 that his government would continue its work, despite mounting political pressure following the corruption conviction of his former transport minister a day earlier. His ⁠ruling Socialist Workers' Party ​faces several court cases involving allegations of graft. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has not been named in ​any of the cases to date, but more than a dozen people, including his wife and brother and an influential former Socialist premier have been implicated.