Spain Faces Crucial Vote in Sanchez Bid to Form New Government
- Sanchez needs a simple majority to succeed in new ballot
- First attempt to form a new government failed on Tuesday
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Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will go to Spain’s parliament on Thursday to seek its permission to form a government after failing in a similar bid earlier this week, as he tries to avoid a fourth general election in as many years.
Key to a victory will be securing a deal with the left-wing party Podemos, which until now has rejected a tie-up with Sanchez’s Socialists over disagreements about the terms of a possible coalition. The outlook for an accord still looks uncertain. El Pais reported late on Wednesday that the government sees the talks as having broken down because Sanchez won’t accept Podemos’s wide-ranging demands for powers in the government. Podemos still sees the talks as ongoing, the newspaper said.