The future of the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, is hanging in the balance as parliament prepares to debate a motion of no-confidence tabled after his Partido Popular (People’s party) was found to have profited from a huge kickbacks-for-contracts scheme.
A defiant Rajoy addressed MPs early on Thursday, accusing the opposition Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers’ party) of opportunism and reminding the PSOE of its corruption scandals.
