Spanish king to consult parties next week on forming government


  • World
  • Thursday, 21 Jul 2016

Spain's King Felipe VI gestures as he addresses the audience during the 2016 Institute of International Finance (IIF) Spring Membership meeting in Madrid, Spain, May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Susana Vera

MADRID (Reuters) - King Felipe VI will hold a formal round of talks with Spain's political parties next week for the fourth time in a seven-month-old power deadlock, his office said on Thursday, as parties struggle to form a coalition administration.

This time around, the king is widely expected to propose acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as a candidate to try and form a government.

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