Pedro Sánchez: Difference between revisions

In May 2018, after verdicts were announced in the [[Gurtel case|Gürtel trial]], PSOE filed a successful no-confidence motion against Mariano Rajoy.<ref name="Gurtel">{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/25/inenglish/1527237249_668560.html |title=Socialist party chief calls for transitional government |last=Garcia |first=Elsa |date=25 April 2018 |access-date=1 June 2018 |newspaper=[[El País]] |location=Madrid}}</ref> Per the Constitution, Spanish votes of no confidence are [[constructive vote of no confidence|constructive]]; those bringing the motion must propose a replacement candidate for Prime Minister. Accordingly, the PSOE proposed Sánchez (who was not a member of the Congress of Deputies at the time) as Rajoy's replacement. With the passage of the no-confidence motion, Sánchez was automatically deemed to have the confidence of the Congress of Deputies and thus ascended as Prime Minister on 1 June 2018.

 

{{Main|Premiership of Pedro Sánchez}}

[[File:Primer Gobierno de Pedro Sánchez (2018-06).jpg|thumb|Sánchez and his new cabinet at [[La Moncloa]] in June 2018]]

Sánchez was sworn in as Prime Minister by King Felipe VI on 2 June.<ref>{{cite news |title=Who is Spain's new President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez? |url=http://www.dw.com/en/who-is-spains-new-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez/a-44041431 |access-date=1 June 2018 |work=Reuters, AFP |publisher=DW |date=1 June 2018}}</ref> Sánchez said he planned to form a government that would eventually dissolve the [[Cortes Generales]] and call for a general election, but he did not specify when he would do it while also saying that before calling for an election he intended take a series of measures like increasing unemployment benefits and proposing a law of equal pay between the sexes.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ruiz de Almirón|first=Victor|date=1 June 2018|title=Sánchez llega al poder sin concretar cuándo convocará las elecciones|language=es|newspaper=[[ABC (Spain)|ABC]]|url=http://www.abc.es/espana/abci-sanchez-llega-poder-sin-concretar-cuando-convocara-elecciones-201806010320_noticia.html|access-date=9 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.eleconomista.es/economia/noticias/9179627/06/18/Sanchez-prioriza-la-agenda-social-y-renuncia-a-realizar-reformas-en-profundidad.html |title=Sánchez prioriza la agenda social y renuncia a realizar reformas en profundidad |last=Zancajo |first=Silvia |date=1 June 2018 |access-date=9 July 2018 |newspaper=[[El Economista (Spain)|El Economista]] |language=es |publisher=Editorial Ecoprensa, [[Sociedad Anónima|S.A.]]}}</ref> However, he also said he would uphold the 2018 budget approved by the Rajoy government, a condition the [[Basque Nationalist Party]] imposed to vote for the motion of no-confidence.<ref name="LV">{{cite news |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20180531/443963185308/pedro-sanchez-rajoy-dimita-mocion-de-censura.html |title=Sánchez ofrece diálogo a Catalunya y mantener los presupuestos al PNV |last=Merino |first=Juan Carlos |date=31 May 2018 |access-date=9 July 2018 |newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]] |language=es}}</ref>