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30-07-2023, 08:06 PM
Spain stalemate drags on as Pedro Sánchez’s socialist party loses crucial seat
Votes from overseas means left and right blocs now neck and neck in race for powerSpain’s socialist party has suffered a setback in its efforts to form a new leftwing coalition government following this month’s inconclusive election after a count of overseas votes meant it lost a crucial seat to the opposition conservatives.The loss means the left and right blocs are now neck and neck as MPs prepare for a vote in congress that will determine who gets to govern. The Spanish left’s hopes of remaining in power will now rest even more firmly on Junts, the centre right, hardline Catalan independence party, which is led by Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan regional president who fled Spain to avoid arrest over his role in the failed unilateral bid for independence almost six years ago. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/j...ucial-seat
#Spain #Europe #World_news #Pedro_Sánchez #Catalonia
Votes from overseas means left and right blocs now neck and neck in race for powerSpain’s socialist party has suffered a setback in its efforts to form a new leftwing coalition government following this month’s inconclusive election after a count of overseas votes meant it lost a crucial seat to the opposition conservatives.The loss means the left and right blocs are now neck and neck as MPs prepare for a vote in congress that will determine who gets to govern. The Spanish left’s hopes of remaining in power will now rest even more firmly on Junts, the centre right, hardline Catalan independence party, which is led by Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan regional president who fled Spain to avoid arrest over his role in the failed unilateral bid for independence almost six years ago. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/j...ucial-seat
#Spain #Europe #World_news #Pedro_Sánchez #Catalonia
