The leader of Spain’s conservatives is trying for the second time in three days to get parliamentary support for his bid to become prime minister.
Even so, with no opposition lawmakers apparently ready to break ranks, he was set to collect the same 172 votes in his favor to 178 against him that he received two days earlier.
The Popular Party holds 137 seats in the Congress of Deputies, the most of any party. But even with backing from the far-right Vox party’s 33 lawmakers and two from small conservative rivals, that is still not enough for Feijóo.produced a splintered parliament made up of legislators from 11 parties, making the path to power difficult for any one of them.
Under the Spanish Constitution, Feijóo’s failure to find parliamentary support would mean that acting prime minister Sánchez, whose Socialists placed second in the election, gets a chance to form a government. Sánchez has been Spain’s prime minister for the past five years, delivering bold policies in such areas as women’s rights and climate change. He called July’s snap election after his party had a poor showing in local and regional elections.
To secure another term, the 51-year-old needs to persuade lawmakers from leftist, regionalist and separatist parties to support him. Negotiations on that possibility have taken place for weeks.The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
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