Spain's PM calls for snap election after conservative and far-right wins in local polls
Summary by NewsWall May 29 23
- Spain's socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has called a snap general election in response to the triumph of the rightwing opposition in Sunday's regional and municipal elections.
- The conservative People’s party (PP) scored an emphatic win, securing absolute majorities in the Madrid region and the city council, and taking regions including Aragón, Valencia and the Balearic islands from the prime minister's Spanish Socialist Workers party (PSOE).
- Announcing the election, he stressed Spain's post-Covid economic recovery and the country's forthcoming EU presidency, and said it would be for the Spanish people to decide what happened next.
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