Spain's parliamentary election on July 23 ended with political gridlock after the right failed to clinch a predicted decisive victory, leaving regionalist parties as kingmakers and the door wide open for a repeat ballot. The conservative opposition People's Party (PP) of Alberto Nunez Feijoo beat acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's ruling Socialists (PSOE) and is likely to take a first stab at forming a government. It failed to secure an outright majority, however, and even with the support of anti-immigration, anti-feminist Vox, PP's Feijoo would still lack the votes in the lower house of parliament to secure the premiership.
Spain s parliamentary
election on July 23 ended with political gridlock after the
right failed to clinch a predicted decisive victory, leaving
regionalist parties as kingmakers and the door wide open.
Spain's parliamentary election on July 23 ended with political gridlock after the right failed to clinch a predicted decisive victory, leaving regionalist parties as kingmakers and the door wide open for a repeat ballot. The conservative opposition People's Party (PP) of Alberto Nunez Feijoo beat acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's ruling Socialists (PSOE) and is likely to take a first stab at forming a government. It failed to secure an outright majority, however, and even with the support of
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's parliamentary election on July 23 ended with political gridlock after the right failed to clinch a predicted decisive victo.