Now the Hard Part: Convincing the Catalans
Spain’s Pedro Sánchez has the support of the left. Now he needs to woo Catalonia’s separatists.
Spain’s Pedro Sánchez has the support of the left. Now he needs to woo Catalonia’s separatists.
The Socialist Party leader’s sudden intransigence is convincing neither left- nor right-wing voters.
Hands off didn’t work. Repression didn’t work. How about listening to the Catalans for a change?
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