MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Socialist opposition leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said on Monday he was stepping down after the party had its worst-ever election result on Sunday with an upstart rival leftist group grabbing 8 percent of the vote.
Recession-weary voters, unhappy with public-sector wage cuts, layoffs and corruption scandals also punished the ruling centre-right People's Party.
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