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Spanish PM's party dips in new poll, new leftist bloc gains traction

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a visit to Donana National Park, one of Europe's largest wetlands and a wintering location for migratory birds, after a plan to legalise irrigation around the wildlife reserve sparked an outcry during a prolonged drought, in Donana National Park, Spain, April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Spain's ruling Socialists lost some of their advantage over the conservative People's Party in terms of voting intentions in a national election due later this year, while a new leftist platform appeared to gain traction, an opinion poll showed.

While other recent surveys put the PP in front, the poll by the state-owned Centre for Sociological Studies released on Thursday still showed the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez taking 30.4% of the vote, down from 32.7% a month ago.

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