Miriam González Durántez weighs up move to lead new Spanish liberal party

Wife of former British deputy PM Nick Clegg understood to have had talks with Renew grouping of parties in EuropeFor almost 30 years, she let her husband, the former British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, soak up the political limelight, but 10 years after he quit politics to join Facebook, Miriam González Durántez is weighing up a move to enter the political fray herself.The lawyer and former EU foreign adviser is considering heading a new liberal party in her native Spain after a perceived gap opened up after the collapse of the centre-liberal party Ciudadanos (Citizens) and amid ongoing crises in the current socialist government headed by Pedro Sánchez. Continue reading...

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