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Pedro Sánchez

Prime Minister of Spain, 2018 to present

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Leads Spain’s Socialist party through coalition governments, with reforms on labor, minimum wage and social rights.

Pedro Sánchez sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, strongly secular on religion and leaning nature-first on environment. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Pedro Sánchez sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Pedro Sánchez

ProgressivismUses government to advance social equality, civil rights and reform.99%Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…99%Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.99%Social liberalismDefends individual rights and open societies while backing public services and equal…99%

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