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/File Photo
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, called an end on Monday to power-sharing talks with the only major political party offering to govern with him, magnifying the risk that Spaniards will be asked to vote again in the autumn.
A repeat election would be the fourth in as many years, a scenario unprecedented in Spain's young democracy and one that has led some experts to declare the political system broken, unable to resolve big problems like budget reform and Catalonia.
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