Spain’s Sanchez to run for re-election despite corruption investigations

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Spain’s Sanchez to run for re-election despite corruption investigations

By Reuters

June 25, 2025 3:13 PM UTC Updated ago

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is also a leader of the Socialist ruling party (PSOE), holds a press conference after a Socialist Party meeting following a senior official’s alleged graft case at headquarters in Madrid, Spain June 16, 2025. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/ File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

MADRID, June 25 (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez intends to run for re-election in 2027 at the end of his current term, he said on Wednesday, despite the corruption investigations his government is facing.

Sanchez, a Socialist, heads a minority leftist coalition government embroiled in a series of scandals, which have led the opposition to demand his resignation.

“Yes, I am determined to run in the next general election in 2027,” Sanchez told reporters after a question on whether he thought his government had the support of a majority of the population.

Sanchez said on June 12 he would not call new elections before his current term is due to end despite the scandals ensnaring his party.

Police entered the party’s headquarters on Friday to copy the emails of Santos Cerdan, a close ally of Sanchez’s, who had resigned a week earlier after a police report on alleged kickbacks was released.

The Cerdan case was the latest and most serious of a series of scandals that have left Sanchez having to fend off calls from opponents for snap elections.

Reporting by Inti Landauro, editing by Andrei Khalip and Ed Osmond

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