Former Spanish Socialist lawmaker Santos Cerdan arrives to testify before a Supreme Court investigating judge in an alleged corruption case affecting the ruling Socialist Party in Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2025. REUTERS/Juan Medina
MADRID (Reuters) -A Spanish Supreme Court investigating judge ordered ex-senior ruling Socialist Party official Santos Cerdan to be held in pre-trial detention on Monday, in a corruption inquiry that could destabilise Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's minority government.
The Cerdan case is the latest and most serious in a series of scandals that have left Sanchez having to apologise and fend off calls from opponents for a snap election.
