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Pedro Sánchez: ‘These elections can be summed up in a very simple idea: either the past moves forward, or Spain moves forward’

26 October 2026 at 16:27
Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, on Friday at Socialist Party headquarters on Ferraz street in Madrid.

The prime minister is a candidate again. And it shows. He speaks fluidly, dodges jabs, and stands his ground with a smile. Pedro Sánchez, who seemed somewhat weakened after his brother’s conviction and the Ceuta migrant crisis, appears to have been energized by the general election of November 29, which will be his sixth. “These elections can be summed up in a very simple idea: either the past moves forward, or Spain moves forward,” he says.

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Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (l) on Friday at Ferraz during the interview with EL PAÍS editor Jan Martínez Ahrens (r) and political correspondent Carlos E. Cué.The prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, at various moments during the EL PAÍS interview at Ferraz on Friday.Pedro Sánchez during the interview with EL PAÍS at PSOE central headquarters on Ferraz street in Madrid.The prime minister and PSOE leader, Pedro Sánchez, on Friday at the party’s central headquarters on Ferraz street in Madrid.
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