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Pedro Sánchez ‘has no power' and should quit, says Spanish ex-PM
The Spanish prime minister should step down amid growing allegations of corruption against his government, one of his predecessors said on Thursday.
Felipe González, who played a key role in Spain's transition to democracy in the 1980s, said that Pedro Sánchez 'no longer has a political life'.
González, 83, who was prime minister from 1982 to 1996, added: 'Sánchez should call elections and make way for another Socialist candidate. He has a level of authority unmatched by any prime minister … he has no power at all.'
Felipe González played a key role in Spain's transition to democracy in the 1980s
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He singled out Sánchez's concessions to his ally Bildu — a Basque separatist party that was formerly the political wing of the defunct terrorist group ETA — and an amnesty given to Catalan separatists who took part in an illegal, failed independence attempt in 2017. To retain power after inconclusive elections in 2023, Sánchez agreed to the amnesty in return for the seven votes of the right-wing Junts party of the Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, a fugitive from Spanish justice.
