• The sentence: Six years in jail for Griñán and nine years of disqualification for Chaves
  • Timeline: The biggest cause of open corruption in Spain
  • The case: The least neat face of the ERE case: Cocaine, recordings and "money to roast a cow"
  • Politics.The ERE complicate the PSOE negotiations
  • Journalism: This is how EL MUNDO uncovered the biggest case of corruption

First litmus test for the pact in search of government sealed between Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias. The sentence of the ERE supposes a hard blow to the PSOE, because it condemns to six years to Griñán and nine of disqualification to Chaves. Two former presidents of the PSOE, two former presidents of Andalusia . Iglesias, conditioned by that agreement that guarantees the vice presidency of the Government, has decoupled the current PSOE from the scandal and has preferred to make a new account. Lifeguard Sanchez, with whom he hopes to start a new stage that he leaves behind, believes Iglesias, corruption scandals like the one that splashes the Socialists.

"Bipartisanship brought corruption and arrogance. There will be more sentences like this that portray an era. Spain has changed and will not tolerate corruption again. Now the opportunity opens up to defend social justice and ensure the cleanliness of institutions," has been the assessment of the leader of Podemos. No allusion to the PSOE. Look at that future Coalition Executive that he hopes will take shape with Sánchez.

His light reaction contrasts with that of Teresa Rodríguez, leader of Podemos Andalucía . Much tougher, critical, the Andalusian policy cries out against the PSOE and demands that the Socialists, the current leaders of the party, "return what you have stolen", in a message that accompanies the PSOE logo.

It should be remembered that Podemos was one of the great drivers of the motion of censure against Mariano Rajoy in 2018, just after the Gürtel ruling was known, which condemned the PP. An initiative that allowed Pedro Sánchez to reach La Moncloa.

"An embarrassing case is closed in the political history of Andalusia, which implies an amendment to the totality of that little transparent form of the PSOE taking advantage of its absolute majorities. A PSOE that bought social peace on this land, and that purchase meant the deindustrialization of Andalucía, "said Toni Valero, spokesperson for Adelante Andalucía and Coordinator of IU Andalucía. "The consequence of this theft of the public we will continue to pay over the next generations, but we undertake a change in the productive model of our land."

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Policy ERE Judgment: The Government and the PSOE are protected in respect of the sentence

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