Sánchez and his wife make the cover of the Financial Times for corruption cases: "He's feeling the pressure."

Pedro Sánchez and his wife, Begoña Gómez , grace the cover of the physical edition of the British newspaper the Financial Times, one of the most influential in the United Kingdom and the world, this Wednesday. The headline, about Gómez's alleged corruption cases, epitomizes the current situation of the Prime Minister: "Sánchez feels the pressure."

Last Monday, Judge Juan Carlos Peinado confirmed the summons of Begoña Gómez and her advisor in Moncloa to testify for alleged public embezzlement. This isn't the only case the government leader's wife currently faces: she is charged in four other cases for alleged influence peddling and corruption. Gómez, Peinado is attempting to prove, took advantage of her position of power to advance her private business.

The British outlet, in its expanded report, notes that his close family, his advisors, and his brother, David Sánchez, "have faced corruption accusations for more than a year," although the latest accusation against Begoña Gómez represents "the final blow to the Socialist prime minister."

The UK media also noted how various ministers and allies came to the president's wife's defense, directly citing Óscar López's interview last Tuesday in which he "questioned the logic of the investigation."

"Three members of the prime minister's inner circle," the article reads, referring to his former right-hand man Santos Cerdán, former Transport Minister José Luís Ábalos, and his aide Koldo García, "have also been embroiled in judicial investigations over allegations that they accepted bribes from companies for construction contracts." They then note that "all of them deny any wrongdoing," although Cerdán "has been in pretrial detention since June."

As if that weren't enough, they include the case of the Attorney General "appointed by Sánchez in 2022," Álvaro García Ortiz, who will be "tried for allegedly leaking information about the boyfriend of one of the Prime Minister's political rivals."

Executive sources told the Financial Times that they had "absolute confidence in the court's decision to dismiss a case brought by groups linked to the far right," which, they claimed, "has no basis whatsoever." Despite these statements, the Sánchez government is "losing authority in the eyes of many Spaniards due to corruption scandals."

Pedro Sánchez has seen his international reputation plummet in recent months. In recent months, it has been possible to see weekly articles and opinion columns criticizing the leader of the executive branch and even calling for his resignation. The Economist, another of the most influential media outlets in the United Kingdom, already called for elections for Sánchez and declared that he "should assume his responsibility and resign." During the NATO summit, where the head of the executive branch stated that he would not comply with the order to invest 5% of GDP in defense, the international press—The Washington Post, Politico, and Corriere della Serna—criticized Sánchez's " dissident " actions.