MADRID — Thousands of Spaniards joined a right-wing rally in Madrid on Sunday to demand that Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez step down. The conservative opposition Popular Party and the centre-right Citizens party organized the rally, which was also backed by the upstart far-right Vox and other marginal far-right parties. Sanchez inherited the Catalan crisis from former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, the then-leader of the Popular Party. Sanchez came to power in June promising to thaw tensions between central authorities in Madrid and the Catalan leaders in Barcelona. Sanchez is trying to cobble together support to pass a national budget and will need votes from the Catalan separatists to pass it.

Source: National Post February 10, 2019 11:14 UTC