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Spain PM Sanchez walks back from resignation threat

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A TV screenshot when Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that he will stay as Prime Minister despite political harassment. [AFP]

Spain's Pedro Sanchez said Monday he would stay on as prime minister after threatening to stand down over what he denounced as a campaign of political harassment by the right.

"I have decided to stay," the 52-year-old Socialist leader said in a highly-anticipated public address that drew a line under uncertainty that had gripped Spain for five days.

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