FILE PHOTO: Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during the investiture debate at the Parliament in Madrid, Spain, January 5, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's first coalition government since the return to democracy began to take shape on Friday, designed to pacify markets nervous over a slowing economy, global trade tensions and the Socialists' reliance on the far left.
After a cliffhanger vote on Tuesday that saw Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez chosen to form a new government, a steady trickle of announcements have sketched out one of Spain's largest cabinets in recent decades. It is tasked with forging consensus among a shaky patchwork of alliances to pass laws.
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