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Ex-PM Zapatero Faces Probe Over €53 m Bailout, June

5/19/2026

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  • Former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, whose office and three firms were searched, is under investigation for alleged influence-peddling tied to a €53 million Plus Ultra bailout and will appear before the Audiencia Nacional on 2 June.
  • Prosecutors examine Plus Ultra’s use of rescue money and Venezuelan laundering through France, Switzerland and Spain.
  • The case joins probes of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s family, prompting the Socialist Party to cite its rights-expansion record.