The conservative candidate narrowly won the election but cannot form a government. Therefore, there is not only joy among his followers.
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Madrid The difficult search for a majority after Sunday’s parliamentary elections could paralyze Spain for months and lead to new elections. The conservative Partido Popular (PP) won the election, but with 33 percent of the votes it cannot form a government even with the right-wing party Vox, which only has 12 percent. In 2019, Vox still received 15 percent. A right-wing government is therefore impossible.
PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo already declared on election night that he would ask the socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to allow a PP government in parliament so that he can form the government as the election winner. But that seems impossible, because Sánchez could create a majority for his part – albeit an extremely complicated one. He needs the votes of both the Sumar Left Party and all of the country’s separatists.
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