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Sánchez Unveils OECD-Backed Anti-Corruption Plan, Rejects Calls to Resign

He vowed to press ahead with the OECD-backed reforms despite opposition calls for snap elections.

Pedro Sanchez au Parlement espagnol le 9 juillet 2025
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Le premier ministre espagnol Pedro Sanchez a présenté son plan anticorruption, élaboré avec l’OCDE, lors de la séance plénière hebdomadaire du Congrès des députés à Madrid, le 9 juillet 2025.
Pedro Sánchez à Madrid, le 9 juillet.

Overview

  • Sánchez unveiled a 15-measure plan developed with the OECD to strengthen transparency and combat corruption in public contracting.
  • The proposals include an independent public integrity agency, AI-driven fraud detection, random asset checks for senior officials, and stronger protections for whistle-blowers.
  • He ruled out resignation despite mounting demands for early elections after the provisional detention of former PSOE secretary Santos Cerdán on bribery charges.
  • The PP dismissed the plan and renewed its call for snap polls, with leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo branding the PSOE a “criminal organization.”
  • Coalition partner Sumar claimed authorship of ten measures, underscoring its rising sway as judicial probes extend to aides like José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García.