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Politico (28 April 2024)

BY AITOR HERNÁNDEZ-MORALES

It’s the announcement all of Spain — and much of Europe — is waiting for with bated breath: Is Pedro Sánchez willing to remain his country’s prime minister, or is he calling it quits and voluntarily ushering in a new period of political instability in the EU’s fifth-largest economy?

That’s the mystery set to be solved on Monday. In a bombshell letter published on X last Wednesday, Sánchez said that repeated right-wing attacks on his family had led him to wonder if governing Spain justified exposing his loved ones to constant abuse.

“Should I continue to lead this government or renounce this highest of honors?” the prime minister wrote. “I urgently need to answer a question that I keep asking myself: Is it worth it for me to remain [in office] in spite of the right and far-right’s mudslinging?”

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