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Spain's political deadlock at critical point as Socialists decide future


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By Angus Berwick and Carlos Ruano MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's bitterly divided Socialists met on Saturday to decide whether to oust party leader Pedro Sanchez, a step that could pave the way for a new government to be formed after months of political deadlock. The leadership of the Socialist PSOE, Spain's main opposition party, has been split in two by the resignation earlier this week of 17 members of a 38-member executive committee who demanded Sanchez's resignation to help break the nine-month impasse. Sanchez has led a stand-off with acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's conservative People's Party (PP), which won the most votes but fell short of a majority in two inconclusive elections, and the dispute has frustrated attempts to form a government.

 

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