Spain's King Felipe waits for the arrival of Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) deputy Aitor Esteban (unseen) during the third round of talks with political parties at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Hidalgo/Pool
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's King Felipe dissolved parliament on Tuesday and called a new national election for June 26 after a vote in December left such a fractured political landscape that no government could be formed.
The new vote follows four months of fruitless coalition talks between Spain's four main parties after the inconclusive ballot stripped the conservative People's Party (PP) of acting prime minister Mariano Rajoy of its majority.
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