Spain Will Fill EU Vacuum Left by U.K., Italy, Sanchez Says
- Madrid will step up to shape EU policy, acting premier says
- Sanchez calls on EU leaders to complete banking union
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Acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged the country will boost its influence in European Union institutions and counter what he portrayed as the fading clout of the U.K. and Italy in Brussels.
“With a United Kingdom that has decided to leave but doesn’t know how to leave and an Italy that’s preoccupied with its own dynamics, I think Spain has an enormous opportunity but also an enormous responsibility to drive the European project," Sanchez told a group of Spanish business leaders on Saturday.