People’s party leader expected to fall short in vote, which would leave door open for rival Pedro Sánchez
Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of Spain’s conservative People’s party (PP), will conclude his all but doomed attempt to win power on Friday when he once again asks MPs to back him as the next prime minister despite lacking the necessary votes in congress.
Although the PP finished first in July’s snap general election, it failed to win enough votes to form a government, taking 137 seats in Spain’s 350-seat congress, and scored a far less emphatic win over the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) than had been expected.
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