Spain and Germany – political fortunes spinning

Pedro Sanchez, prime minister of Spain since 2018, is sinking under a sea of corruption charges implicating family members and allies. His brother is on trial accused of influence peddling. His wife has also been accused of misuse of funds and influence peddling. A former close ally José Zapatero has been named in an investigation into alleged money laundering. And police have raided the Socialist headquarters in Madrid as part of a probe into allegations of a dirty tricks campaign that t