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Spain: Police raid HQ of ruling PSOE Socialist party in graft probe

Spanish Civil Guard officers raided the Madrid headquarters of Spain’s ruling Socialist Party (PSOE) on Wednesday as part of a National Court corruption probe into alleged illegal payments linked to a former party member, amid broader graft allegations involving former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and members of current Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s inner circle, including his wife and brother. Sanchez, who was meeting Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican, reaffirmed his support for Zapatero, while opposition People’s Party leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo called for early elections, a demand echoed by recent Madrid protesters.