from Sepia@mander.xyz to world@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 12:08
https://mander.xyz/post/44036599
cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/44036066
Spain’s beleaguered prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, faces a key test on Sunday when voters in the south-western region of Extremadura cast their ballots in the first major election to be held since a series of corruption and sexual harassment allegations enveloped his inner circle, his party and his administration.
Extremadura, once a stronghold of Sánchez’s Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE), has been in the hands of the conservative People’s party (PP) since 2023, when the latter managed to form a short-lived coalition government with the far-right Vox party, despite finishing just behind the socialists.
Sunday’s snap election was called two months ago by the regional president, María Guardiola, after the PSOE and her erstwhile allies in Vox voted down next year’s budget.
Though ostensibly a regional affair, the results of Sunday’s election will be felt well beyond Extremadura. Politicians and pundits will be scrutinising the poll to determine the extent of the damage that the allegations of recent weeks and months have inflicted on the PSOE, while the PP is likely to be forced, once again, to cut a deal with Vox to govern.
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