Politics
Spain Is Stuck After Sanchez’s Election Gamble Backfires Badly
- Acting prime minister sees his Socialist party lose ground
- Spain still has no clear route to government after election
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Spain is more ungovernable than ever and the person getting blamed for the mess is acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
He staked his career on an unnecessary election, six months after the last one, hoping to bolster his support. Instead his Socialists slipped. One potential coalition partner was obliterated while another, Podemos, attacked him for the recklessness of holding the vote. The biggest winner on the night was Vox, a Spanish nationalist group that will raise the political costs of any kind of deal.