Spain's political impasse nears end as Socialists lift veto

[WorldNews]

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Spain's embattled Socialists on Sunday voted to lift a long-standing veto that has prevented the conservatives from forming a minority government, in what should finally end a ten-month political impasse. The conservative Popular Party (PP) of acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy won elections in December 2015 and again in June this year but without enough seats to rule alone. The PP therefore needs the main opposition Socialists to either support its government or abstain in a parliamentary confidence vote.

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