Socialist Spanish PM Calls For Snap General Election
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early general election after his Socialist party took a battering in local elections.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early general election after his Socialist party took a battering in local elections.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday called an early general election for July 23 in a surprise move after his Socialist party took a serious battering in local and regional elections.
Prior to Sunday’s debacle, Pedro Sánchez had insisted he'd ride out his four-year term with leftist government coalition partner United We Can.
Spain goes to the polls on Sunday for local and regional elections seen as a bellwether for a national vote in December, with the conservative Popular Party steadily gaining ground on the ruling Socialists in key regions. Spain’s 17 regional governments, plus two autonomous cities, have enormous power and budgetary discretion over education, health, housing…
MADRID (AP) — Spain goes to the polls on Sunday for local and regional elections seen as a bellwether for a national vote in December, with the conservative Popular Party steadily gaining ground on the ruling Socialists in key regions.