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Politico (17 June 2025)

Aitor Hernández-Morales

Socialist politicians from Spain’s cities and regions want embattled Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to hold snap national elections in the face of mounting corruption scandals — even though they know their party is virtually guaranteed to lose.

Publicly, most of the party’s mayors and regional presidents support Sánchez, but a growing number privately fear he’s now a liability and that the Socialists’ graft scandals will doom candidates at the municipal and regional levels as well.

If the prime minister insists on serving out the remaining two years of this term, they argue, angry voters will punish the Socialists at all levels. National, regional and municipal elections are currently scheduled to take place in mid-2027.

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