Spain's Political Landscape Shifts Towards the Right Ahead of Snap Election.

After suffering heavy losses in local and regional polls, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a surprise general election for July 23. Sánchez aims to define the snap general election as a binary choice between a potential hard-right national coalition, which would include Vox leader Santiago Abascal as interior minister, and his own brand of moderate social democracy. He is also seeking to reinforce PSOE’s hegemony at the head of a wider left-wing bloc. However, the Left is divided, and labor minister Yolanda Díaz's new unity platform Sumar is still a work in progress. The Left has until June 9 to register a coalition before the electoral deadline passes.