Pedro Snchez threatens curbs on media amid corruption claims against wife – The Times

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Pedro Snchez is threatening to tighten control of the media, blaming news reports for prompting a judge to open a criminal investigation into his wifes finances.

The Spanish prime minister said that the opening of the case against Begoa Gmez, who was alleged to have used her position to peddle influence, has led him to crack down on a right-wing mud machine. He added that the move was part of what he called democratic regeneration.

Snchez said in a radio interview on Tuesday that he wants to tackle websites and digital pages, which he referred to as pseudomedia that affects all democracies.

Snchez confirmed that he would stay on as prime minister after suspending his public duties for five days

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Questioning the transparency of the websites finances, he said he would strengthen the law regulating public funding of the media. There is a

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