Sánchez, Spain's worst prime minister? The figure that unsettles
Vote-rigging, deals with separatists, dirty-war tactics and eight years without a budget: the record of Spain's Pedro Sánchez divides those who call him the country's worst leader.
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Sánchez between ballot-rigging and damnatio memoriae
The list of accusations is on the table: deals with Catalan separatists, rigged primaries, a mafia-style state apparatus to shield himself from justice and eight years without a budget. For many, the case against Pedro Sánchez is beyond dispute: he is Spain's worst prime minister. But the historical ledger has its nuances.
The charge: systemic corruption and state lies
The harshest narrative stresses that Sánchez came to power through the back door with rigged primaries and that his government rests on pacts with the separatists. He is accused of buying votes and fixing elections, an authoritarian drift that includes the use of the state's dirty-war apparatus to neutralise his opponents. His handling of ELbichito, with harsher measures than other countries, is called illegal and disproportionate. Inflation, record immigration and tax hikes complete the picture.
The rebuttal: Zapatero and Rajoy, rivals on the podium of decline
Others argue Zapatero was worse: he denied the housing crisis until the last minute, lied with the data while knowing the country was sinking, and fled six months before the EU stepped in. Rajoy, for his part, betrayed the expectations of his absolute majority by turning the PP into a blue PSOE, opening the door to Vox. Sánchez, by contrast, only delivers on his voters' expectations, albeit at an enormous cost.
An open verdict
The debate leaves a paradox: those who rank Sánchez as the worst do so on grounds of democratic legitimacy and corruption; those who point to Zapatero or Rajoy prioritise structural damage. The consensus is that several candidates compete for the disaster record. But one figure unsettles: despite everything, Sánchez is still in power. And his negative mark has not translated into an imminent handover.
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The list of accusations is on the table: deals with Catalan separatists, rigged primaries, a mafia-style state apparatus to shield himself from justice and eight years without a budget. For many, the case against Pedro Sánchez is beyond dispute: he is Spain's worst prime minister. But the historical ledger has its nuances.
The charge: systemic corruption and state lies
The harshest narrative stresses that Sánchez came to power through the back door with rigged primaries and that his government rests on pacts with the separatists. He is accused of buying votes and fixing elections, an authoritarian drift that includes the use of the state's dirty-war apparatus to neutralise his opponents. His handling of ELbichito, with harsher measures than other countries, is called illegal and disproportionate. Inflation, record immigration and tax hikes complete the picture.
The rebuttal: Zapatero and Rajoy, rivals on the podium of decline
Others argue Zapatero was worse: he denied the housing crisis until the last minute, lied with the data while knowing the country was sinking, and fled six months before the EU stepped in. Rajoy, for his part, betrayed the expectations of his absolute majority by turning the PP into a blue PSOE, opening the door to Vox. Sánchez, by contrast, only delivers on his voters' expectations, albeit at an enormous cost.
An open verdict
The debate leaves a paradox: those who rank Sánchez as the worst do so on grounds of democratic legitimacy and corruption; those who point to Zapatero or Rajoy prioritise structural damage. The consensus is that several candidates compete for the disaster record. But one figure unsettles: despite everything, Sánchez is still in power. And his negative mark has not translated into an imminent handover.
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