| Author (Person) | von der Burchard, Hans |
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| Series Title | Politico |
| Series Details | 07.01.16 |
| Publication Date | 07/01/2016 |
| Content Type | News |
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Politico and other news sources reported that the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) leader Pedro Sánchez said on the 7 January 2016 he wanted to form a 'great coalition of progressive forces' and was prepared to do a deal with the right and the left, but not with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s Popular Party. This followed the results of the general election in Spain on the 20 December 2015 which left no single party able to form a government. On 13 January 2016, a PSOE member Patxi López became the speaker of the parliament following an agreement with the centrist movement Ciudadanos. Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias called the PSOE-PP-Ciudadanos deal to elect the new house speaker 'shameful' (the PP did not field a candidate to oppose the PSOE-Ciudadanos candidate). Negotiations were still proceeding between the parties as to the formation of a new government. An opinion poll published on the 17 January 2016 showed that the majority of Spanish people wanted a coalition government and not new elections. On the 18 January 2016 King Felipe VI of Spain started holding consultations with the leaders of political parties with representation in parliament in a bid to help break the seeming impasse. The leader of Spain's anti-austerity party Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, told King Felipe VI on the 22 January 2016 of 'our desire to form a government of change with the Socialists and the United Left' and that he would seek the post of deputy prime minister. |
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| Source Link | http://www.politico.eu/article/spanish-socialists-sanchez-coalition-anyone-but-rajoy-elections-podemos-ciudadanos/ |
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| Countries / Regions | Spain |
