Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez has said he may well step down after his wife was accused of corruption.
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00:00Madrid's Provincial Prosecutor's Office has asked for the investigation against the
00:05wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to be closed.
00:10Begoña Gómez is accused of alleged offenses of influence peddling and corruption.
00:15On Wednesday, Sánchez announced the decision to suspend his duties until next week.
00:22Head of the opposition, conservative Alberto Núñez-Feijó has accused Sánchez of trying
00:27to, quote, intimidate the opposition, judges and journalists.
00:30He also doesn't believe the Spanish leader will resign.
00:33We can say many things.
00:35In Spain, no one is at the margin of the law, no matter what their last name is.
00:42Nor do the Spaniards accept double standards, nor do they seem willing to threaten their
00:49coexistence and their concordance for the personal survival of no one.
00:56For MEP Sophie Indwell, the most important thing is to maintain stability within the
01:02EU state.
01:04I would say that we need stability now more than ever.
01:08We see so much instability in many member states, in Europe, in other parts of the world.
01:14And if I look at the Spanish situation, we have seen how difficult it was to get a government
01:20in the first place, in such a hung parliament.
01:23So I really hope that this is not going to lead to further instability.
01:27And whatever the personal ambitions of Mr. Sánchez are, I don't know.
01:32But I would say the first responsibility is to secure stability in all member states.
01:41On the streets of Madrid, opinions are divided.
01:44The allegations against the PM's wife were made by a private group that, according to
02:03reporters, has a history of fighting lawsuits mainly for right-wing causes.