Spain’s prime minister gambles on a snap general election
After his drubbing in local polls, momentum is firmly with the conservative opposition
PEDRO SÁNCHEZ is no stranger to comebacks. Ejected as leader of his Socialist party in 2016, he toured the country to build support and regained control the next year. And he is no rookie gambler; a motion of no confidence he called as leader of the opposition, in 2018, installed him as a surprise prime minister. Nor is he a bad political horse-wrangler. After elections in 2019, he assembled an awkward minority government with the radical-left Podemos party that has held together since then.
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