Spain PM Sanchez considers resigning after wife is targeted by judicial probe
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he would step back from public duties after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife’s dealings.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday he would step back from public duties “for a few days” to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife’s private dealings.
Sanchez, who last year secured another term for his Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) as leader of a minority coalition government, said he would announce his decision on Monday, April 29.
“I need to pause and think,” he wrote in a letter shared on his X account. “At this point, I have to ask myself: is it all worth it? I honestly don’t know... whether I should continue to lead the government or renounce this honor.”
“I will cancel my public agenda for a few days in order to reflect and decide which path to take.”
The shock announcement came after a Spanish court said earlier on Wednesday it was launching a preliminary investigation into accusations of influence peddling and corruption levelled at Sanchez’s wife Begona Gomez.
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