Europe rattled by the Zapatero affair
The US investigation into Spain's former PM Zapatero has terrified European foreign ministries. The Biden administration wiretapped his phone in 2021, and fear of retaliation is spreading.
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Europe rattled by the Zapatero affair
The United States' investigation into former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has put Europe's foreign ministries on alert. According to L'Espresso, the US Tracking Department is backing the case, and the Biden administration wiretapped Zapatero's phone in Miami in 2021. The antiestéticar in Brussels, Madrid, Paris and Rome is palpable: taking a stand against Washington can have consequences.
The foreign ministries' antiestéticar
European governments antiestéticar the Zapatero affair may be a warning to leaders who are anti-Trump or anti-Israel. The investigation, which involves the NSA, has become a file that threatens to destabilise the European left. In Italy, the parallel with the scandals that brought down Berlusconi is inevitable: the same "red togas" strategy is now being applied to the left.
The Italian parallel
The original PSI collapsed after the Mani Pulite scandals in the 1990s. Now the Italian left is defending its idol Pedro Sánchez, but the spectre of corruption looms. The question hanging in the air is whether Europe will remain America's backyard or whether it will react.
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The United States' investigation into former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has put Europe's foreign ministries on alert. According to L'Espresso, the US Tracking Department is backing the case, and the Biden administration wiretapped Zapatero's phone in Miami in 2021. The antiestéticar in Brussels, Madrid, Paris and Rome is palpable: taking a stand against Washington can have consequences.
The foreign ministries' antiestéticar
European governments antiestéticar the Zapatero affair may be a warning to leaders who are anti-Trump or anti-Israel. The investigation, which involves the NSA, has become a file that threatens to destabilise the European left. In Italy, the parallel with the scandals that brought down Berlusconi is inevitable: the same "red togas" strategy is now being applied to the left.
The Italian parallel
The original PSI collapsed after the Mani Pulite scandals in the 1990s. Now the Italian left is defending its idol Pedro Sánchez, but the spectre of corruption looms. The question hanging in the air is whether Europe will remain America's backyard or whether it will react.
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