The key question is what will 52-year-old Sánchez, one of Europe’s longest-serving Socialist leaders, decide to do on Monday.
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00:00 Spain has been left reeling as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced he is considering
00:09 resigning.
00:13 The politician said he will take time to reflect after criminal proceedings were opened up
00:18 against his wife, Igona Gomez, who has been accused of corruption.
00:23 The announcement comes hours after a Madrid provincial judge agreed to study allegations
00:29 of corruption brought by a right-wing group against Gomez.
00:44 On the street, there are conflicting opinions.
01:13 Political communications expert Luis Arroyo says that Sanchez might be deliberately laying
01:18 out a strategy ahead of the European elections in June.
01:25 "He is trying to establish a new framework in the conversation just at the beginning of
01:44 the election campaign,"
01:56 Madrid's prosecutor's office has attempted to halt the investigation against Gomez, who
02:02 has yet to be indicted.
02:04 "We are not going to let that happen," Arroyo said.
02:10 (whooshing)