Thousands march in Madrid demanding Spanish PM quit over graft allegations
Key takeaways
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez maintains the cases against his family and entourage are politically motivated.
- Demonstrators, many waving red and yellow Spanish flags and holding signs saying “Enough!”, marched through the streets of Madrid on Saturday behind a large banner that read: “Corruption has a price.
- The protest was called by a group of more than 150 civic associations called Sociedad Civil Espanola and backed by the mainstream conservative Popular Party (PP) and far-right Vox.
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Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez maintains the cases against his family and entourage are politically motivated.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Thousands of people take part in a march called the 'Dignity Parade' to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Madrid, Spain on May 23, 2026 [Daniel Gonzalez/EPA]By AFP and Reuters Published On 23 May 202623 May 2026Thousands of people have marched through the Spanish capital, demanding Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s resignation after a series of corruption scandals within his entourage.
Demonstrators, many waving red and yellow Spanish flags and holding signs saying “Enough!”, marched through the streets of Madrid on Saturday behind a large banner that read: “Corruption has a price. No more impunity. Resignation and elections now.”