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Pedro Sánchez

Role
Spanish prime minister
Lived
1972–
Country of activity
Spain Spain
Strongest axis
Internationalism 83%

Pedro Sánchez has led the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party since 2017 and has been prime minister since 2018. His governments have raised the minimum wage, expanded social and civil rights, and approved an amnesty for Catalan separatists.

In the 12 Axes register, Pedro Sánchez leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Internationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.

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The twelve axes

Where Pedro Sánchez sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

FederalUnitary

Centrist

Quasi-federal state of autonomous communities

Democratic 68%Autocratic

Representative Democracy

Prime minister since 2018; third term from 2023

SecurityFreedom 68%

Liberal

Supports civil liberties; passed 2024 Catalan amnesty

Diplomacy

Internationalism 83%Nationalism

Internationalism

Pro-EU; joined case against Israel at the ICJ

MilitaristPacifist 68%

Non-Aggressive

Opposed raising NATO spending to 5 percent

AssimilationistMulticulturalist 83%

Multiculturalist

2026 decree to regularize about 500,000 undocumented migrants

Economy

Collectivize 68%Privatize

Social Democratic

Raised the minimum wage and pension indexation

Planned 68%Markets

Regulationism

Labor reform and taxes on banks and energy firms

IsolationismGlobalism 68%

Free Trade

Backs EU integration and trade agreements

Society

Irreligious 68%Religious

Agnostic

Took office without Bible or crucifix, a first

Progressive 83%Traditional

Culturally Left

Legalized euthanasia and expanded trans rights

AccelerationBioconservative

Neutral

No distinct position on technology

What stands out

Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Internationalism – Nationalism

On Internationalism – Nationalism, Pedro Sánchez is at Internationalism 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.

Most ordinary axis

Democratic – Autocratic

On Democratic – Autocratic, Pedro Sánchez is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.

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Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Portrait: Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].