The Spanish Prime Minister’s Time Could Be Running Out
- Rajoy’s party overtaken in polls for first time since 2015
- Separatists retained control of Catalan parliament last month
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
Photographer: Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images
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The Catalan crisis is proving to be a millstone around the neck of the Spanish prime minister.
Mariano Rajoy saw his People’s Party routed in elections in the rebel region last month and it has plumbed historic lows in opinion polls as the premier’s hesitant efforts to keep the push for independence in check disappoint voters across the rest of Spain.