Synopsis
This book chronicles how Pedro Sánchez built impossible majorities, enshrined social rights and turned Spain into a European benchmark for equality, green transition and social justice. Each chapter blends reportage, official data and testimony to explain the progressive decade that changed the country's course.
How the 2018 parliamentary gambit reshuffled the political board and opened the door to an agenda centred on rights and democracy.
The deployment of furlough schemes, mass vaccination and EU funds that sustained employment and the productive fabric.
The story of the major reforms: minimum wage, affordable housing, feminist agenda and prominence in Brussels.
An evidence-based outlook grounded in Spain 2050, OECD and European Commission data that imagines two more terms of progress.
Estimated pages with journalistic rhythm and vivid narrative.
Chapters spanning from 2008 to Spain 2035.
Official and European sources cited to contextualise each reform.
Profile
Years in office
Since 2018 he has led the PSOE and the Government, forging unprecedented progressive majorities.
Minimum wage
Cumulative increase in the minimum wage between 2018 and 2025, underpinning the social agenda.
NextGen funds
Billion euros managed by Spain, focused on digitalisation, housing and the energy transition.
Feminist agenda
Key laws (sexual freedom, equal pay, glass ceiling) analysed accessibly.
"This book reads like a campaign from the future that already happened: it tells how a fractured country chose progress and achieved it with data, alliances and institutional courage."
— Carla Montero, European political analyst
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Includes an inspiring prologue, chronological analysis, data maps and a roadmap for the next two terms. Essential for journalists, progressive activists and readers who want to understand Spain's social-democratic project.
The Author
Analyst and enthusiast of contemporary leadership and social transformation. With years of experience in the analysis of political and social processes, he combines documentary rigour with an accessible narrative that makes complex political phenomena understandable.
His approach in this book is characterised by an optimistic and purposeful tone, far from both cynicism and hagiography. Through an analysis grounded in official sources (CIS, INE, OECD, European Commission), he builds a narrative that documents facts, contextualises decisions and explores the real impact of progressive policies on people's lives.