Manuel Valls was ordered to pay 270,000 euros for illegal financing of his municipal campaign in Barcelona in 2019. The former candidate is accused of having accepted payments from a third party, reports the Spanish digital media
Naciódigital
.
He was sanctioned by the country's Court of Auditors for violating Article 4.3 of the Organic Law on the financing of political parties in Spain.
He is also sentenced for having exceeded the legal spending limit for outdoor advertising.
He did not appeal the decision of the Court of Auditors, which deemed the offense "
very serious
".
Many members of the Catalan and Madrid upper bourgeoisie, as well as important businessmen, would be concerned, also reports the Spanish site.
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Manuel Valls, supported by the liberal anti-independence party Ciudadanos during these elections, came fourth and won only 13% of the vote.
This candidacy for a municipal election in a large metropolis after a first political career in another country was unprecedented in Europe.
This news comes after the difficult return to politics of the ex-candidate in France.
Last June, he was eliminated in the first round of the legislative elections in the 5th constituency of French people living abroad.
Contacted, he remained unreachable.
