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Graphic shows current distribution of seats in parliament and projection of seats according to a “poll of polls” from El País.
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What's next for Spain as elections loom?

By Jordi Bou

February 15, 2019 - Spain, Eurozone’s fourth-largest economy, is facing more turmoil as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calls an election just nine months after taking office.

Sánchez called a snap election for April 28 after failing to pass his Budget bill. The prime minister’s refusal to discuss independence for Catalonia angered separatist MPs who
vetoed his finance plans.

Divisions were highlighted when 12 Catalan separatist leaders and activists went on trial accused of rebellion and sedition over their unrecognised independence referendum in 2017.

According to a “poll of polls” from the Spanish daily El País, the Socialist Party (PSOE) of Pedro Sánchez would win the election, but fading support for its leftwing ally, Podemos, would leave it short of seats to form a government.

On the right, the centre-right People’s party (PP), combined with the continued rise of Ciudadanos, and surprise growth of the far-right Vox, may win enough seats to form a rightwing coalition like the one the three created in Andalucía, Spain’s most populous region, after December elections.

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PUBLISHED: 15/02/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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