Spain: PP Wins Extremadura Election, Socialists Suffer Worst Ever Loss

Is Sánchez building Europe's most successful social democracy, or sacrificing regional strength to cling to national power?

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Spain: PP Wins Extremadura Election, Socialists Suffer Worst Ever Loss

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Above: Members of the PP in Navalmoral de la Mata, Caceres, on Dec. 13. Image credit: Carlos Criado/Europa Press/Getty Images

The Spin

Left narrative

Despite the disappointing results, it is clear that Sánchez has built one of Europe's most successful social democratic governments through bold delivery and political courage. By consistently delivering material gains for working people while maintaining fiscal prudence, Sánchez will continue to defy hostile media and repeated predictions of impending downfall.

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Right narrative

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has failed a critical electoral test amid mounting corruption scandals engulfing his inner circle. His wife, brother, and top aides face serious allegations, devastating his anti-corruption credentials. The PSOE's former regional stronghold could fall definitively to PP-Vox coalition — Sunday's vote may well be the beginning of the end for his troubled premiership.

Counting Stars Vox Albania

Metaculus Prediction

Public Figures

Pedro Sanchez

Political split

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Spain's ruling Socialists crushed in Extremadura regional vote