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In Spain, an Early Election Opens the Door to a Right-Wing Government

May 30, 2023 | 17:46 GMT

Supporters of Spain's center-right Popular Party (PP) gather outside the PP's headquarters in Madrid on May 28, 2023, to celebrate the party's strong performance in recent regional elections.

Supporters of Spain's center-right Popular Party (PP) gather outside the PP's headquarters in Madrid on May 28, 2023, to celebrate the party's strong performance in recent regional elections. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)

(JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)

In Spain, an early general election will open the door to a right-wing government that could dismantle current fiscal policies, increase the risk of social unrest and disrupt Spain's upcoming presidency of the European Union. On May 29, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that Spain will hold an early general election on July 23, some five months earlier than originally planned. Sanchez made the announcement hours after his center-left Socialist Party (PSOE) performed poorly in regional and municipal elections on May 28, which saw the center-right People's Party (PP) and the far-right Vox party make significant gains. To complicate matters further for the prime minister, the left-wing Unidas Podemos party (UP), the junior member of Sanchez's coalition government, performed extremely poorly in the regional and municipal elections....

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