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Sánchez agrees to address Senate
Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, is under siege over his doctoral thesis as it emerged yesterday that he had copied a talk by a Spanish diplomat. Attempting to play down the significance of the irregularity, Sánchez admitted that he would have to provide an explanation to the Senate. It is not just the PP opposition party that has demanded Sánchez appear before the Senate, but also the Podemos and PDeCAT parties, whose votes Sánchez depended on to become prime minister.
Sánchez defended himself against the latest revelations in El País newspaper, which said he used whole paragraphs without crediting the author. From Salzburg, where he was participating in a summit, Sánchez hit back at PP opposition leader, Pablo Casado, who used his party’s majority in the Senate to demand that the prime minister address the chamber. “Making opposition is not just making noise,” Sánchez warned Casado.