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Sunday night brought political uncertainty to Spain as both the right and left failed to secure a clear path to forming a government, despite the opposition People’s Party winning the most seats in parliament.
This deadlock has left the EU’s fourth-largest economy in limbo, setting the stage for weeks or even months of messy negotiations over voting alliances or the possibility of repeat elections, as previously seen in 2015-16 and 2019.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, from the Socialist party, was able to resist the opposition’s attempts to form a conservative alliance with the far-right Vox party, effectively preventing them from securing a parliamentary majority.
However, while Sánchez performed better than expected in the polls, his party fell short of the outright majority needed to take office, even with the support of his existing allies.
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The formation of parliamentary alliances will require tense negotiations between the major parties and various small regional groups in Spain’s fragmented political landscape.
Unfortunately, none of the most likely combinations provide the necessary majority of 176 seats in the 350-seat congress for either the People’s Party or the Socialists.
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This outcome gives a potentially crucial role to Together for Catalonia, a hardline separatist party that could have significant influence in exchange for their votes.
For Feijóo of the People’s Party, his potential alliance with Vox becomes complicated due to Vox’s opposition to and desire to ban separatist political parties. This makes it difficult to envision any separatist party joining a conservative alliance.
With 99% of the votes counted, the People’s Party had won 136 seats, the Socialists had 122, Vox had secured 33, and Sumar, a new leftwing group that could form a coalition with Sánchez, had 31.
Sánchez, 51, called for this snap general election after his party suffered a major defeat in the municipal and regional elections at the end of May. He took a calculated risk, gambling that he would
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