Will Spain’s upcoming elections result in a setback of progressive policies? Spain has been a bright spot for liberal democracy and minority rights, but elections on July 23 could end up with a far-right party entering the national government for the first time since Spain returned to democracy. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is facing an uphill battle against his opponent, conservative leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo. His party’s unusual potential alliance with far-right party Vox will likely land him the votes needed to win. A host of missteps surrounding the passage of progressive policies and a poor performance in local and regional polls have pushed Sanchez to call for a snap election, but will his gamble pay off?

In this episode: 
Begoña Gómez Urzaiz (@begogomezurzaiz), journalist and writer

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Will Spain’s upcoming elections result in a setback of progressive policies? Spain has been a bright spot for liberal democracy and minority rights, but elections on July 23 could end up with a far-right party entering the national government for the first time since Spain returned to democracy. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is facing an uphill battle against his opponent, conservative leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo. His party’s unusual potential alliance with far-right party Vox will likely land him the votes needed to win. A host of missteps surrounding the passage of progressive policies and a poor performance in local and regional polls have pushed Sanchez to call for a snap election, but will his gamble pay off?
In this episode: 
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<li aria-level="1">Begoña Gómez Urzaiz (<a href="https://twitter.com/begogomezurzaiz">@begogomezurzaiz</a>), journalist and writer</li>
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Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Sonia Bhagat with Ashish Malhotra and our host Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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