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Spain PM to meet Socialist leader to discuss forming new government

Published: 23 Dec 2015 - 10:59 am | Last Updated: 16 Nov 2021 - 07:46 pm
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File picture of Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy

 

Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will meet the Socialist Party leader later Wednesday to begin negotiations on forming a new government following elections, his office said.

"Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Sanchez will meet at 12 pm (1100 GMT)... for the first time since the general elections", it said in a statement.

Rajoy's incumbent conservative party won the most seats in Sunday's polls, followed by the Socialists, but failed to secure an absolute majority.

AFP