Rajoy Aims to Restore Calm After Historic Local Ballot Loss
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy fronted up to the public to explain his party’s worst local-election result in 24 years in a bid to restore calm to his rattled supporters.
In a rare appearance in the press room at his People’s Party’s headquarters in Madrid, Rajoy acknowledged that his group had been disappointed by the result of Sunday’s ballot, while insisting that with the largest number of votes nationwide the PP had won the election.