Spain’s Sanchez Is on Track to Govern as Decisive Vote Looms
- Premier calls on parliament to let Spain make a ‘new start’
- Sanchez is set to win second parliamentary vote on Tuesday
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Spain’s Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez failed to win enough support in a first parliamentary vote on Sunday, part of a process that should still allow him to form a government with help from Catalan separatists in 48 hours.
Sanchez, 47, needs to win the endorsement of the 350-seat chamber in a process that will drag out through Tuesday. Sanchez won the backing of 166 deputies to 165 votes against, with 18 abstentions.