
Spain’s Socialist Party is split. Half its executive committee resigned on Wednesday in a bid to oust Pedro Sánchez, the party leader, but Sánchez and his loyalists are pressing ahead with their plan to call a party congress and leadership election in the autumn in an attempt to demonstrate grassroots support.
Politico argues that the odds are against Sánchez. His party governs in seven of the seventeen Spanish regions and only one of those local leaders backs him.
Among his six detractors is Susana Díaz, the popular president of Andalusia, Spain’s most populous and southernmost region and a traditional Socialist Party stronghold. Read more “Let Spain’s Socialist Party Rebels Spell Out Their Alternative”