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Spanish Police Raid Socialist Party HQ As Pressure Mounts On Sánchez. Spanish anti-corruption police raided the Madrid headquarters of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party on Wednesday. Investigators from the Civil Guard’s elite UCO unit were reportedly gathering evidence linked to an alleged illegal party financing probe. The raid comes days after former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was charged with money laundering and influence peddling over the Plus Ultra airline bailout. Spanish media reported the operation was authorized by the National Court and tied to a separate anti-corruption investigation. Sánchez’s minority coalition government has been weakened by mounting corruption scandals involving key Socialist Party figures. Basque Nationalist Party leader Aitor Esteban urged Sánchez to call snap elections before the end of the year. Catalan separatist ally Republican Left of Catalonia warned that proof of illegal party financing would be a “red line” for continued support. Sánchez’s allies fear the latest developments could further destabilize the government and accelerate demands for early elections in Spain.
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