Government leaders
Battle lines redrawn in Spain’s snap election after latest train disaster
Next month’s poll no longer the contest it was, as Pedro Sánchez finds himself forced to defend government’s safety recordOne of the most dependable cliches of contemporary Spanish politics is that it never pays to bet against Pedro Sánchez. Time and time again – as leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) and as prime minister – Sánchez has shown an almost preternatural ability to profit from adversity, and to confound expectations and wrongfoot his opponents.But next month’s snap general election, called by Sánchez after rightwing and far-right parties voted down the housing ref
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