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(8 years ago)Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez is expected to lead the government in Spain after the dismissal of Mariano Rajoyt. The 46-year-old Sanchez has started talks with Catalan separatists. Sanchez submitted the motion of a corruption scandal involving Rajoy's centre-right party. A new era for the fourth EU economy is predicted, [...]
Sanchez submitted the motion of a corruption scandal involving Rajoy's centre-right party.
A new era for the fourth EU economy country, in which Rajoy's conservative party led the country since 2011, reports “DW” Transmission Periscope.
During his time in opposition, Sanchez a former economy professor strongly rejected spending cuts imposed by conservatives and promised to expand welfare rights.
Despite the criticism of austerity measures, Sanchez has expressed no scepticism on the EU monetary union.
He has also pledged to respect a recently negotiated national budget by Rajoy, avoiding fears of economic instability in the EU.
Sanchez first joined the PSOE in 1993 and worked as political adviser to the European Parliament and the UN during the war in Kosovo.
He became an adviser to the Madrid City Council in 2004, then a member of the Spanish MP Congress for Madrid in 2009. In 2011 he finished his economic doctorate before returning to Congress in 2013./Periscopi/
