January 30, 2016
MADRID (AP) — Socialist Party leaders are meeting in Madrid to plan a strategy on how to form a coalition with the anti-austerity Podemos party in Spain.
Leader Pedro Sanchez addressed the gathering Saturday, reiterating his decision to rule out linking-up with the center-right Popular Party that won most votes in the Dec. 20 election but fell short of a parliamentary majority.
Sanchez said acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy should "abandon hope" of reaching a power-sharing agreement, and "we aren't going to back him." No party won a majority in the 350-seat Parliament, but newcomers Podemos and Ciudadanos shattered the dominance of Rajoy's Popular Party and the main opposition Socialists, which have alternated in government for decades.
Socialists must overcome qualms about joining forces with a far-left group it has lambasted for years.
MADRID (AP) — Socialist Party leaders are meeting in Madrid to plan a strategy on how to form a coalition with the anti-austerity Podemos party in Spain.
Leader Pedro Sanchez addressed the gathering Saturday, reiterating his decision to rule out linking-up with the center-right Popular Party that won most votes in the Dec. 20 election but fell short of a parliamentary majority.
Sanchez said acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy should "abandon hope" of reaching a power-sharing agreement, and "we aren't going to back him." No party won a majority in the 350-seat Parliament, but newcomers Podemos and Ciudadanos shattered the dominance of Rajoy's Popular Party and the main opposition Socialists, which have alternated in government for decades.
Socialists must overcome qualms about joining forces with a far-left group it has lambasted for years.
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