Pedro Sánchez says his party will seek to work with Podemos and Ciudadanos if the People’s party fails to form a governmentMariano Rajoy’s hopes of staying on as Spain’s prime minister beget suffered a setback after the country’s Socialist party refused to back his attempt to form a new government following a splintered election result.Rajoy’s People’s party (PP) emerged with the most votes in Sunday’s election,taking 123 seats but falling short of a majority in the 350-seat legislature. Millions of voters instead backed two political upstart parties, the centrist Ciudadanos and the leftwing Podemos, and yielding a deeply fragmented legislature with few options for forming a steady government.
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Source: theguardian.com