Spain’s ruling party faces crunch regional poll amid corruption and harassment claims
Results of Sunday’s snap election in Extremadura are seen as key test of Pedro Sánchez and his PSOE partySpain’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...
<p>Results of Sunday’s snap election in Extremadura are seen as key test of Pedro Sánchez and his PSOE party</p><p>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 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/04/judges-doing-politics-can-spanish-pm-survive-corruption-cases-against-family-and-allies">corruption</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/11/spain-ruling-socialist-party-sexual-misconduct-senior-men-psoe-pedro-sanchez">sexual harassment allegations</a> enveloped his inner circle, his party and his administration.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/21/spain-ruling-party-regional-poll-extremadura-pedro-sanchez">Continue reading...</a>
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