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Rajoy, lifelong Real Madrid fan, to miss Champions over Gürtel
26/05/2018
SPANISH president Mariano Rajoy has opted not to go to the Champions' League final match between Real Madrid and Liverpool FC in Kiev, in light of the Gürtel corruption case which his party, the PP, has been found guilty of benefiting from.
And this decision is likely to hurt: Rajoy is a passionate Real Madrid supporter, and tickets for the match in the Ukrainian capital are now rarer than unicorns.
In fact, around 1,500 ticket-buyers have been refunded because they were split seconds too late.
Also, hotel fees in the city have gone up from an average of €40 a night to around €1,800 because of the match, which will see two of the world's top teams battling for the coveted trophy.
In addition to the pain of not seeing his team compete in – and possibly win – the Champions, Rajoy has also been the victim of a relentless flood of memes on social media in the last 24 hours.
Twitter posts reading: “I've got two leftover Champions tickets – enquire within. MR,” and “For sale: Opel Corsa plus two free Champions tickets,” have popped up.
One shows a picture of Rajoy on the phone having a fictitious conversation with his wife, Elvira, saying: “Darling, we need to talk. “Are you resigning?” “No.” “Are you going to prison?” “Worse. I'm missing the Champions.”
Another gives a multiple choice question: “Which has upset Rajoy the most? (a) The Gürtel sentence; (b) the no-confidence motion against him in Parliament; or (c) missing the Champions?”
Several show him in photos with socialist leader Pedro Sánchez, who has filed the no-confidence motion that could end his presidency, with captions such as: “I already hated you, Pedro, but now you've stopped me going to the Champions, I'll never forgive you, ever.”
Rajoy has never missed a Champions' League final where Real Madrid has got through until now, but has made the political – and very difficult personal – decision to stay in Spain in the aftermath of the Gürtel corruption verdict.
Several high-ranking party members, including former treasurer Luis Bárcenas, have been jailed, and Rajoy's former health minister Ana Mato ordered to pay nearly €28,000 in fines for knowingly accepting gifts from the bribery racket whilst she was member of the party and her ex-husband, Jesús Sepúlveda, was mayor of Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid).
Sepúlveda has also been jailed, along with other mayors, councillors and regional ministers in the Madrid region, all on the PP.
Rajoy does not intend to resign, continuing to insist that the PP never benefited financially from the racket even though the judge considers this proven.
Also, Rajoy reminds his opposition that the PP has only been found guilty of a civil offence and ordered to pay a fine – just over €245,000 – and not a criminal offence.
He warns that if the PSOE were to try to oust his party, Spain would be 'weakened' in economic terms, since he credits the PP with having improved the country's financial situation.
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SPANISH president Mariano Rajoy has opted not to go to the Champions' League final match between Real Madrid and Liverpool FC in Kiev, in light of the Gürtel corruption case which his party, the PP, has been found guilty of benefiting from.
And this decision is likely to hurt: Rajoy is a passionate Real Madrid supporter, and tickets for the match in the Ukrainian capital are now rarer than unicorns.
In fact, around 1,500 ticket-buyers have been refunded because they were split seconds too late.
Also, hotel fees in the city have gone up from an average of €40 a night to around €1,800 because of the match, which will see two of the world's top teams battling for the coveted trophy.
In addition to the pain of not seeing his team compete in – and possibly win – the Champions, Rajoy has also been the victim of a relentless flood of memes on social media in the last 24 hours.
Twitter posts reading: “I've got two leftover Champions tickets – enquire within. MR,” and “For sale: Opel Corsa plus two free Champions tickets,” have popped up.
One shows a picture of Rajoy on the phone having a fictitious conversation with his wife, Elvira, saying: “Darling, we need to talk. “Are you resigning?” “No.” “Are you going to prison?” “Worse. I'm missing the Champions.”
Another gives a multiple choice question: “Which has upset Rajoy the most? (a) The Gürtel sentence; (b) the no-confidence motion against him in Parliament; or (c) missing the Champions?”
Several show him in photos with socialist leader Pedro Sánchez, who has filed the no-confidence motion that could end his presidency, with captions such as: “I already hated you, Pedro, but now you've stopped me going to the Champions, I'll never forgive you, ever.”
Rajoy has never missed a Champions' League final where Real Madrid has got through until now, but has made the political – and very difficult personal – decision to stay in Spain in the aftermath of the Gürtel corruption verdict.
Several high-ranking party members, including former treasurer Luis Bárcenas, have been jailed, and Rajoy's former health minister Ana Mato ordered to pay nearly €28,000 in fines for knowingly accepting gifts from the bribery racket whilst she was member of the party and her ex-husband, Jesús Sepúlveda, was mayor of Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid).
Sepúlveda has also been jailed, along with other mayors, councillors and regional ministers in the Madrid region, all on the PP.
Rajoy does not intend to resign, continuing to insist that the PP never benefited financially from the racket even though the judge considers this proven.
Also, Rajoy reminds his opposition that the PP has only been found guilty of a civil offence and ordered to pay a fine – just over €245,000 – and not a criminal offence.
He warns that if the PSOE were to try to oust his party, Spain would be 'weakened' in economic terms, since he credits the PP with having improved the country's financial situation.
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