Spain's conservatives push for government after uncertain vote

[WorldNews]

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Spain's ruling conservatives made a fresh push Monday to form a government following months of political paralysis after emerging stronger from another inconclusive general election. The Popular Party (PP) was the big winner of Sunday's elections, the second in six months, which played out against a background of turbulence from Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union that analysts said may have influenced the polls. The fractured results were much the same as after uncertain December polls, with the PP coming first, followed by the Socialists, a far-left coalition led by Podemos and market-friendly upstart Ciudadanos.

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