Erstmals soll sich in Spanien ein ehemaliger Ministerpräsident vor Gericht verantworten. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero wird Korruption vorgeworfen.

Spain's former Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has been placed under investigation for influence peddling and related crimes, a court said Tuesday.

The investigation if the first time since Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy that a prime minister is under investigation in a corruption case