José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

The PNV warns Sánchez that he has lost the investiture majority while Feijóo accuses him of "gagging" Parliament and Moncloa awaits Zapatero's statement

“Another historic day”. The phrase is repeated among journalists in the press area of the Congress of Deputies. However, the reference this time does not point to the plenary hall, but to what is happening barely a kilometer away, within the walls of the Audiencia Nacional, where for the first...

The questions Zapatero will have to answer before Judge Calama: from the rescue of Plus Ultra to the origin of the jewels

The former President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero will appear this Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. at the Audiencia Nacional to testify before Judge José Luis Calama in the 'Plus Ultra case'. The appointment has an evident political and institutional significance, as it will be the first time that...

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Zapatero's appearance, "decisive" for the Government's communication strategy, which hopes to curb the pressure from the Popular Party

In ten days, on June 24, the President of the Government will appear before the Congress of Deputies to "report on the political situation" following the alleged corruption cases affecting the Executive and its closest circle. He will do so after the European Council of the previous week and, above all,...

Mónica García demands Zapatero clarify the origin of his millionaire jewels: "He has to give explanations for everything"

The Minister of Health and leader of Más Madrid, Mónica García, has demanded this Saturday that former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero offer detailed explanations about the issues that judicially affect him, especially in relation to the seized jewels valued at more than one million euros. During an event held...

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Garzón questions Zapatero's indictment and calls for regulating former presidents' activities by law

The former judge Baltasar Garzón has criticized the decision of the Audiencia Nacional to indict former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the Plus Ultra case, a situation that, in his opinion, has caused an authentic "civil death" for the former head of the Executive and his family environment before...

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Felipe González demands from Sánchez an early election after Zapatero's indictment: "There should be this year"

Felipe González has demanded from the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, an early election after the outbreak of the so-called ‘Zapatero case’. “There should be elections, it’s the first time I’ve said it. There should be them this year”, the former head of the Executive assured during a meeting...

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The UDEF points to the circle of Zapatero as key pieces of the Plus Ultra case: the secretary ‘Gertru’ and the friend ‘Julito’

The report from the Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit (UDEF) on the alleged plot linked to the rescue of the airline Plus Ultra points directly to the closest circle of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. According to the police investigation, both his secretary, María Gertrudis Alcázar —known as ‘Gertru’— and the...

The Government and the PSOE breathe “relieved” after the UDEF report against Zapatero became known: “We have the confidence that in his statement on June 2 he can explain everything”

The Government and the PSOE breathe with certain “relief” after learning the content of the UDEF report that supports the indictment of former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the so-called ‘Plus Ultra case’. According to socialist sources consulted by this media, in Moncloa and in the federal leadership...

Óscar Puente ironizes about the mobile phone that implicates Zapatero for the Plus ultra case: “It wasn't Trump, it was Biden”

The judicial investigation against José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for the Plus Ultra case has provoked a striking reaction from the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, who used the social network X to ironize about the origin of the inquiries. All this after it became known that part of the investigation...

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Antón Losada warns of the political impact of the Zapatero matter: "It could be the meteorite that puts an end to this legislature"

The analyst Antón Losada has assessed in El Abierto of Hoy por Hoy the political situation derived from the case affecting José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, warning of its possible scope for the stability of the Executive. Losada has been especially forceful in stating that this matter could have far-reaching consequences: “This is the meteorite...

The order of Judge Calama attributes commissions for Zapatero collected by a company that officially does not exist in Dubai

The judge José Luis Calama has taken a historic step: to indict for the first time a former president of the Spanish Government in democracy for criminal organization, influence peddling and participant (at least) in a money laundering operation. In his order, he assures that José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero “gave...

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Fernando Garea ('El Español') sees a "very harsh" ruling in the 'Malas Lenguas' debate about the Plus Ultra case: "Zapatero has a problem"

On the program Malas Lenguas of La 1, the journalist Fernando Garea ('El Español') analyzed the judicial investigation surrounding the Plus Ultra case and the situation of the former President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, calling the order “very harsh” and defending that “the accusation as serious as attributing to Zapatero the leadership...

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Zapatero's inner circle denies any involvement in the Plus Ultra case and speaks of a "political witch hunt"

The former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is summoned, next June 2, as a defendant in the Audiencia Nacional for the rescue of Plus Ultra. He is being investigated for influence peddling, criminal organization and documentary falsification. Currently, UDEF investigators are carrying out searches, among which are his office and...

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Former President Zapatero condemns the "national priority" agreed by PP and Vox: "It is not compatible with legality"

The former President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has reiterated this Saturday that the so-called national priority included in the government agreements between PP and Vox in Extremadura and Aragon “is not compatible with legality” and, furthermore, transmits “an anti-coexistence message”. Zapatero has made these statements during the 16th...

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Plus Ultra Case: Zapatero persecuted by the PP, but not by justice

This week the Plus Ultra case has been in the news again. The week began with the appearance of the former President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the Senate, specifically in the Koldo case commission, which has already become a catch-all for not only addressing the alleged...