Interview with Zapatero: "I didn't talk to anyone about the rescue of Plus Ultra, or the SEPI, or the government."
Zapatero has denied that he knew in advance that the government would rescue Plus Ultra.
Former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has emphatically denied that the Executive had any influence on the rescue process of the airline Plus Ultra, while arguing that he has developed all his professional activity as an adviser "in accordance with the law."
"No one will be able to say that I had any influence , or that I talked to anyone about the rescue of Plus Ultra, either with the SEPI or with the government. That is, and it will be proven, "he said in an interview with TVE's Morning 360 program.
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Zapatero has not entered into an assessment of the defence strategy with businessman Julio Martínez Martínez, after testifying before the judge of the Audiencia Nacional, where he targeted the former president for the loan of 53 million euros Plus Ultra.
"I didn't know what the SEPI Council was going to do (...) I didn't intervene in the processing, I didn't know anything, "he said.
The former Prime Minister has also pointed out that the jewels found in a safe in his office, valued at EUR 1.3 million, were a "courtesy personal gift"given to him by a country many years ago.
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