Former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has been summoned to testify on June 2 before Audiencia Nacional Judge José Luis Calama on charges of influence peddling and money laundering.
The summons follows the formal indictment of the former Socialist leader in a case linked to the 53 million euro rescue of airline Plus Ultra.
Zapatero, assisted by lawyer Víctor Moreno Catena, will appear before Judge Calama and anticorruption prosecutor Elena Lorente. Legal sources say the former prime minister will defend the legality of his consultancy work.
The judicial order states that Zapatero and his daughters were main beneficiaries of a scheme through firm Análisis Relevante, run by Julio Martínez Martínez. Payments of 730,535 euros are under investigation in exchange for reports and webinars.
The PP has said the entire government is under suspicion. The PNV has called it irresponsible for Pedro Sánchez to continue beyond 2026.
