Rodrigo Rato, the former IMF head and former Spanish economics minister, who is among those involved in corruption. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
Being “between Pinto and Valdemoro” is an old Spanish saying that refers to being in trouble. Now with the number of politicians being investigated for corruption in Spainnearing 2,000, including the mayor of that very Valdemoro town of lore, you could say that the whole Spanish political class finds itself between Pinto and Valdemoro. And it’s not just in the size of the problem but its timing. Embezzlement of