International left convenes in Spain

The Madrid correspondent of the taz, Reiner Wandler, is impressed:

“The success of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez speaks for itself: the future belongs to the courageous. … By hosting this summit for progressive leaders, Sánchez, who has long been a figurehead of sorts for the European left, is galvanising a movement that has what it takes to shake off the growing resignation in the face of the rise of the Trumps, big and small, of this world. The right is not winning because it is doing a better job of things, but because it has managed to wrongfoot the progressive camp, leaving them watching from the sidelines instead of putting forward ideas about how to respond. German Social Democrats should look to Sánchez and learn.”