New PSOE leader takes over: Pedro Sánchez will be Rajoy's main rival in 2015 general elections
Monday, July 14, 2014 @ 10:39 AM
THE socialist party at national government level has a new leader to replace outgoing Alfredo Pérez-Rubalcaba, who has returned to his old job as science professor at Madrid's Complutense University.
One of three final candidates, Pedro Sánchez earned 48.7 per cent of PSOE militants' votes, next to Eduardo Madina's 36.2 per cent and Antonio Pérez Tapias' 15.1 per cent.
This effectively means, as secretary-general of the party, Sánchez will be running for president of Spain next November.
Among the changes Sánchez wants to make, he says the PSOE will aim to work more closely with unions, social welfare organisations at grass-roots level, pressure groups formed by ordinary civilians who are calling for jobs, homes and a financial future, other left-wing political parties, and the world of heritage, the arts and progressive thinking.
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