Election looms in Spain as Socialists' talks with Podemos stall


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  • Tuesday, 10 Sep 2019

FILE PHOTO: Unidas Podemos' (Together We Can) leader Pablo Iglesias speaks during the investiture debate at the Parliament in Madrid, Spain, July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain stood on the brink of a repeat election on Tuesday after the Socialists and far-left Unidas Podemos said they had made no progress in a new round of talks aimed at overcoming differences to strike a government deal.

Spain's politics have been in limbo since an inconclusive election in April, which the Socialists won but without enough seats to govern on their own.

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