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Spain’s Pedro Sánchez, main critic of Trump in Europe, calls snap elections
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A defeat for Sánchez and his socialist party could bring down a long-serving European leader whose star power has risen among the global left for standing up to President Donald Trump.
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Both outlets frame Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s call for snap elections as a high-stakes moment for the European left.
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5 Oct 12:17
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Spain’s Pedro Sánchez, main critic of Trump in Europe, calls snap elections
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