11 Sep, 2019 @ 12:51
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Spain on track for fourth election in four years as talks to form government break down

TARGET: Pedro Sanchez heavily criticised in the adverts
CRUNCH TIME: For Pedro Sanchez

SPAIN could have to go to the polls yet again after talks between the PSOE and Podemos broke down last night. 

If caretaker prime minister Pedro Sanchez cannot win a parliamentary vote on forming a new government by September 23, a general election will be called for November 10.

“There isn’t a path to reach an agreement,” said Adriana Lastra from Sanchez’s the negotiating team, after almost four hours of talks.

“We don’t see an exit from this situation.”

“The Socialists aren’t moving from their position of forming a government by themselves?.?.?.?as if they had an absolute majority,” said Pablo Echnenique, a lead Podemos negotiator, who said Spain was now definitively heading towards early elections.

No plans have been made for future talks.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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