Spanish opposition party gains against governing conservatives, new poll says

Spain's principal opposition party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, has recuperated its public support since re-appointing its leader although the governing conservative Popular Party would win an election if held today, according to a new poll published Friday by state pollsters.


Pedro Sanchez stepped down from the Socialist Party (PSOE) in Oct. 2016 on the back of internal party discord but returned to the helm in May 2017, which seems to have played a role in the party's five-point climb in the polls against the right-wing PP of Prime Minster Mariano Rajoy, which, in turn, slumped by 3 points.
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5/8/17