spain’s socialists are ‘on brink of civil war’
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Spain’s Socialists are ‘on brink of civil war’

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Veronica Perez (2ndL), president of the Socialist Party's Federal Committee, gives an interview to journalists as she arrives at the PSOE headquarters before an extraordinary meeting of the Federal Committee
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Spain’s Socialist Party was on the verge of “civil war” Thursday after half its leadership staged a coup, in what could turn out to be good news for those desperate to end the country’s political deadlock.
“A sad spectacle,” “War,” read headlines in Spanish newspapers, after 17 members of the party’s executive quit Wednesday in a bid to oust leader Pedro Sanchez, unhappy about the way he was navigating the Socialist ship through this year’s choppy politics.
“The Socialists had already gone through other stormy periods in the past decades but never had we seen something like this: a coup... to depose a secretary general elected democratically by grassroots members,” wrote the right-wing El Mundo daily.
The Socialist Party (PSOE) has for months been wracked by internal dissent over Sanchez’s leadership during Spain’s nine-month political stalemate, as rival parties fail to agree on a government following two inconclusive elections.
It scored historically bad results in December and June general elections, and in regional polls at the weekend — the last straw for many high-ranking Socialists who precipitated the coup.
The PSOE’s woes come hot on the heels of similar troubles in Britain’s Labour Party, which saw leader Jeremy Corbyn severely challenged by high-ranking members.
But he survived and was re-elected last weekend thanks in large part to support among grassroots members, and Sanchez too is hanging on.
The 44-year-old was seen arriving at his party headquarters in Madrid on Thursday to attend a meeting of his now reduced executive, albeit through the windows of his chauffeur-driven car.
But what happens now is far from certain as both factions argue over the interpretation of party statutes.
Pablo Simon, politics professor at Madrid’s Carlos III University, said this type of leadership coup was usually resolved quickly — “within 24 hours after the maneuver.”
Sanchez’s detractors want the party to use its 85 parliamentary seats to help unblock the national deadlock and allow a right-wing coalition government through by abstaining in the necessary vote of confidence.
That, they argue, would avoid a third round of elections. The party could go into opposition and build up strength again.
But Sanchez refuses, having directed the Socialists to vote earlier this month against such a coalition government led by acting conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
This prompted it to fail, and the country looked like it was heading for a third election

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