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Spain’s ruling party faces crunch regional poll amid corruption and harassment claims

todayDecember 21, 2025

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Results of Sunday’s snap election in Extremadura are seen as key test of Pedro Sánchez and his PSOE party

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.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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