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Spain, In the Hands of an Unscrupulous Leader

The parties supporting Sánchez, who is currently surrounded by corruption allegations, want him to remain in power so they can continue to blackmail him. They’ve made this clear in recent days. The Catalan independentist parties, Junts and ERC, hope that the Constitutional Court—colonized by the PSOE, like all state institutions—will rule the amnesty constitutional, arguing it’s not explicitly prohibited by the Constitution. They also expect Sánchez to fulfill his commitment—the…

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Pedro Sánchez, “between a rock and a hard place” in BBVA’s takeover bid for Banco Sabadell

Alphavalue/DIVACONS | “An unwanted headache for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez”. This is how Bloomberg describes the government’s attempts to stop BBVA’s takeover bid for Banco Sabadell. According to the US media outlet, opposing the takeover “seemed like an obvious decision” when it was announced a year ago. However, Bloomberg quotes sources close to Sánchez as saying that the president “is caught between a rock and a hard place, looking for…