After two indecisive elections, Spain's interim Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is on the brink of forming a government, ending two years of deadlock
Spain’s Pedro Sanchez looks set to become the country’s prime minister following a tentative deal between the acting prime minister’s Socialist party and the most powerful Catalan separatist party, in a blow the country’s rising far-right.Sanchez secured 166 votes to 165 against with 18 abstentions, falling short of a majority.
Sanchez adopted a tougher tone on Catalonia ahead of November polls – the second this year – in a bid to court undecided voters, many of whom gravitated towards harsher rhetoric on the separatist region put forth by the country’s right-wing bloc. The news will be welcomed by many Spaniards who are tired of the country’s years-long caretaker government.
Spain was controlled by a far-right dictatorship from 1939 to 1975, which many thought inoculated the country against the far-right populist wave in Europe. The previous election saw Spain’s mainstream, centre-right People’s Party join with Vox and Citizens, another right-wing party that describes itself as “pro-market”, to challenge PSOE and their left-wing ally, Podemos.
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