A judge in Spain has ruled that the wife of socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez must stand trial on corruption charges and has banned her from leaving the country.
Sánchez had repeatedly dismissed the case against his wife as a baseless and politically motivated smear. The prime minister,
an outspoken leftist leader in Europe, has accused his political and media opponents of pursuing his family and has also openly questioned the impartiality of some members of the judiciary.
Begoña Gómez has also been banned from leaving the country as her husband, Pedro Sánchez, says the case is politically motivated
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