The future of the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, is hanging in the balance as parliament has begun debating a motion of no-confidence, The Guardian reports.
A defiant Rajoy addressed MPs early on Thursday, accusing the opposition socialist party, PSOE, of opportunism and reminding it of its corruption scandals.
"With what moral authority are you speaking? Are you perhaps Mother Teresa of Calcutta?" he asked. "There have been corrupt people in the PP, but the PP is not a corrupt party."