Despite his years in politics, Mr Feijoo has no experience of international diplomacy. Read more at straitstimes.com.
but without support to form a government, has built his reputation on being a moderate but struggled to square the circle of an alliance with the far right.
So Mr Feijoo turned his sights on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez with a campaign focused on “overthrowing Sanchismo” which would upend many of the Socialist leader’s policies, while promising he would be a steady hand on the tiller.And the strategy appeared to work: although Mr Feijoo’s PP won, it fell far short of the numbers expected and was unable to form a majority, even with the support of Vox.
“He’s a moderate because he manages to attract progressive voters and he’s a pragmatist whom people trust,” he told AFP. At the time, Mr Feijoo said he “knew nothing about activities”, insisting they didn’t have “a close friendship”. A studious child, he read law in Santiago de Compostela, hoping to become a judge. But when his father was left jobless, he pitched in to help, becoming a civil servant in 1985.
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