Rajoy’s Waiting Game Endures as Spanish Rivals Threaten Veto

  • Prospect of third election may boost prime minister’s leverage
  • Socialists, Ciudadanos refused to let PP take office Monday

Mariano Rajoy. Photographer: Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg

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Mariano Rajoy has all the time in the world.

Spain’s acting prime minister has already waited six months to renew his mandate as the head of the government and he’s prepared to keep waiting if that’s what it takes.