Spain's Prime Minister Sanchez Takes a Risk with Snap Election Call

After his party's defeat in regional and municipal elections, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for snap elections on July 23rd. The conservative opposition People's Party (PP) won in several regions, including one that has been held by the Socialists since 1978. The PP will need the support of the hard-right Vox to govern in most of the regions it has won. Sánchez's coalition partner, Podemos, was also pummelled, and parties to the left of the Socialists must reorganise themselves quickly.