The King Philip VI of Spain dissolved on Tuesday, Congress and called for new legislative elections for June 26, the second election in six months after a vote that yielded inconclusive results at the end of 2015 left fragmented political landscape of the country.
[King of Spain informed the Parliament to convene new elections]
the new elections will occur after four months of fruitless negotiations between the four main political parties Spain , including the conservative Popular party (PP) President Mariano functions Rajoy, who got most of the votes in December but did not get a majority legislative.
“I hope we have all learned the lesson and the next Congress reach sufficient agreement (to form government) as soon as possible,” he told a press conference president of the Congress of Deputies, Patxi . Lopez, confirming that the monarch had signed the decree to organize the elections
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Made in the context of a complex economic outlook and while the political elite faces allegations of corruption, the previous elections were marked by the end of the dominance of the two traditional parties of the country, the PP and the socialists of PSOE , which have governing a Spain since its return to democracy in the mid-1970s.
its voter base was eroded by the emergence of two political actors: the anti-austerity party Podemos and the centrist Citizens
During a series of negotiations, the quartet of party leaders failed to overcome the significant gaps in their positions, including. strategies on how to manage the economy and the debate over how much autonomy could be given to the community of Catalonia
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opinion polls suggest that new elections could shed a new stagnation and political face a projected increase of abstention among Spanish voters, who are increasingly frustrated.
the percentage of Spaniards who considered bad or very bad political situation in the country has steadily increased since December, amid growing public impatience, that failure to reach a consensus could lead to Spain more months of paralysis.
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