Spain’s left-wing govt hangs in balance in early elections

MADRID: In Spain’s early parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s left-wing government risks losing its majority on Sunday, reported the German Press Agency (dpa).
 
According to polls, the conservative People’s Party (PP) is likely to come out on top while falling short of an absolute majority.
 
The conservative opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo would then have to form a government with the help of the right-wing populist party Vox.
 
The Spanish conservatives are not opposed to working with the right-wing populist party and have already entered into coalitions with Vox at the state level.
 
During a last rally in his home region of Galicia on Friday evening, Feijóo was confident of a victory.
 
At the next meeting, he said, he will be greeting his supporters as Spain’s new prime minister. The 61-year-old said this in the port city A Coruña.
 
Meanwhile, Sánchez’s Socialists and their more left-wing partner, the Sumar electoral alliance headed by deputy government leader Yolanda Díaz, were hoping for a last-minute turnaround. They stumbled but had picked themselves up again, Sánchez said.
 
In the regional and local elections on May 28, Sánchez’s Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) and parties further to the left suffered an unexpected loss.
 
As a result, Sánchez brought forward the parliamentary elections planned for the end of the year. – BERNAMA-dpa