• Spain, the socialists win but the majority is a puzzle. The PSOE could attempt government by itself

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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea 06 June 2019Re Felipe has indicated Pedro Sanchez as premier candidate after the consultations of the last 2 days. Following meetings with the leaders of almost all the parties - Bildu and Erc declined the invitation - King Philip VI met with the president of the Chamber, Meritxell Batet and communicated the decision to appoint Sanchez on the basis of the results obtained by the socialist party in the elections of April 28th.

The results of the polls on April 28th delivered the majority with 123 seats to the head of the socialist government but Pedro Sanchez has 53 seats missing for an absolute majority and therefore he still needs to form a coalition not having obtained enough votes to be able to govern without support. .

Indeed, on 28 April the outgoing Socialist Prime Minister Sánchez won 123 seats, the popular 66, the liberals of Ciudadanos 57, the radical left Unidas Podemos and his regional allies 42, the radical right of Vox 24, the Republican Left of Catalonia 15 , Junts for Catalunya 7, the Basque Nationalist Party 6, Bildu 4, Coalición Canaria and Navarra Suma 2 each, the Regionalist Party of Cantabria and Compromís , left-wing regionalist formation of Valencia, 1 each.

Philip VI "proposed Pedro Sanchez as a candidate for president of the government", said the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Mertixell Batet, after the meeting between Sanchez and the sovereign.

On 5 June, the King of Spain began the first series of consultations for the formation of the new government.

Without the necessary seats in Parliament to form a majority, the conservatives of the People's Party, the liberals of Ciudadanos and the extreme right of Vox have promised to make life difficult for the new government and will be in opposition, if Sanchez finds the necessary allies , in a very fragmented classroom, to kick off his second term as prime minister.