Spain’s newly elected Parliament meets on Thursday to choose the chamber’s speaker and presiding council in votes that could indicate the potential future color of the next government.
Sánchez’s Socialists, the left-wing Sumar and four smaller parties can total 171 seats. But the conservative Popular Party, which received the greatest number of votes in the election last month, the far-right Vox party, and one smaller party can also muster the same 171 seats. To get an absolute majority, 176 votes are needed.fugitive politician Carles Puigdemont
, who is exiled in Brussels, could be in prime position to determine the course of Spain’s politics for the next four years. If Sánchez and his supporting parties get control of the council Thursday, either if Junts abstains or votes in favor, the Socialist leader might be able to count on that same support to remain premier. But it would be a constant cliff-hanger of a legislature.
“The critical points of our position have not varied,” Puigdemont said Wednesday, adding that he wanted to see guarantees from the Socialists before announcing his party’s position.___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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