Spain’s Next Prime Minister Begins to Shape Unwieldy Government
- Sanchez prepares to be sworn in by Spain’s King Felipe VI
- Socialists’ unlikely alliance makes government task difficult
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Spanish Prime Minister-elect Pedro Sanchez has begun the task of harnessing the unlikely forces that brought him to power.
The first step was for parliament Speaker Ana Pastor to formally inform King Felipe of the result of the no-confidence vote that ousted Mariano Rajoy. That done, Sanchez can be sworn in as soon as Saturday as the seventh prime minister of Spain’s democratic era. After his appointment is confirmed in the official gazette, he can go about forming his government.