Eoghan Gilmartin is a freelance journalist and translator based in Madrid. His work has appeared in publications including Jacobin Magazine, Tribune Magazine, Novara Media and Mediapart
Sanchez’s electoral wager, polarising the Spanish electorate around fear of the far right has paid off and he is now in the driving seat going into government talks. However, his negative campaign and his failure to defend a left-wing agenda raises doubts over next move.