Spain parliament to debate PM's bid to form new government

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez needs an absolute majority of at least 176 lawmakers in the 350-seat parliament to take office in a first vote which is expected to take place on January 5.

PRIME MINISTER. Spanish caretaker prime minister and candidate for re-election, socialist Pedro Sanchez delivers a speech after signing a coalition government agreement with far left Podemos party at the Congress in Madrid on December 30, 2019. Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP

On December 31, Parliament speaker Meritxell Batet informed party representatives that the investiture debate will take place on January 4, 5 and 7, the assembly said in a text message to journalists. Sanchez needs an absolute majority of at least 176 lawmakers in the 350-seat parliament to take office in a first vote which is expected to take place on January 5.

Sanchez's Socialists won 120 seats in a repeat general election on November 10 – 3 fewer than it won in April – and it has signed an agreement to form a coalition government with hard-left party Podemos which won 35 seats.

 

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