Sanchez’s Bad Week: Data, Errors Mar Spain Leader’s Campaign
- Weak data on unemployment undermine case for resilient economy
- Catalan crisis keeps stirring tensions in election week
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Spanish election week could have gone better for Pedro Sanchez.
The acting prime minister had hoped for a trouble-free few days before Spain’s general election on Sunday, the fourth in as many years. Instead, he’s found himself defending the health of the economy and dragged further into the morass of the Catalan separatist movement.