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Acting PM Pedro Sanchez painted himself as the voice of moderation in Spanish politics as the country braces for an election campaign in the shadow of forthcoming verdicts in a trial of Catalan separatists and international disputes over trade and Brexit.
“I humbly ask people to think who can guide our country with moderation towards progress,†Sanchez said in Madrid as he presented his
Socialist party’s campaign pledges. His pitch to voters includes further increases to pensions and the minimum wage.
Spaniards head to the polls on November 10 after Sanchez’s efforts over the summer to forge a new government came to nothing over his refusal to allow the anti-austerity party Podemos to join his Socialists in a coalition.
Even so, the prospect of a new election — the fourth in four years — is focussing
the minds of Sanchez’s political rivals.