Socialist party accuses Pedro Sánchez of relying on former Basque group ‘who used to go about in balaclavas with pistols’ in order to cling to power
Spaniards are voting in regional and municipal polls that will serve as a gauge of the political mood ahead of December’s general election, and which come after a bitter and fractious campaignSunday’s elections, in which 12 regional governments and 8,000 municipal councils are up for grabs, are likely to be a closely fought race between the governing Spanish Socialist Workers’ party and the opposition conservative People’s party .
“Sanchismo has stained everything and I’m afraid to have to say – respectfully but sadly – that the prime minister of my country has no limits. His party has been unable to stop him and so we must do so together as Spaniards.” Sánchez began the campaign hoping to stress his coalition government’s economic record, housing reforms and schemes to help young people.