A defeat for Sánchez and his socialist party could bring down a long-serving European leader whose star power has risen among the global left for standing up to President Donald Trump.

The European Union's energy commissioner sent a letter to the bloc's 27 member states recommending that they all cut gas and electricity consumption “for as long as necessary.”

The European Union's energy commissioner sent a letter to the bloc's 27 member states recommending that they all cut gas and electricity consumption “for as long as necessary.”

The decision lifts measures targeting billionaire Alisher Usmanov, whom the E.U. once referred to as “one of Vladimir Putin’s favorite oligarchs.”

The French request would lift E.U. sanctions on Alisher Usmanov, whom the E.U referred to as “one of Vladimir Putin’s favorite oligarchs,” in a bid to free French citizens held in Azerbaijan.