Spain's Sanchez says no new election planned despite government impasse


  • World
  • Thursday, 11 Jul 2019

FILE PHOTO: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attends a news conference after the European Union leaders summit, in Brussels, Belgium, July 2, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday he was not planning to call a new election and would keep pursuing a deal to form government despite stalling inter-party talks ahead of a parliamentary vote on his investiture on July 22-23.

Politics in the euro zone's fourth largest economy have become deeply fragmented with the emergence of new parties - notably the far-right - and a comeback for the left after a six-year conservative government hit by a corruption scandal.

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