As Spain prepares to vote, its Socialist prime minister sets out the case for continuity
Economic resilience is proof of policy success, says Pedro Sánchez
WHEN I TOOK office in 2018, we inherited a country wounded by the previous government’s response to the Great Recession. The Spanish economy had gone through a rough recovery, based on an unfair austerity model that left millions behind, particularly young people and low-income workers. Inequality had reached extreme levels and corruption scandals had ravaged the outgoing right-wing government.
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