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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez invited to try to form government in Spain

Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s acting prime minister
Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s acting prime minister, addresses the media after meeting with King Felipe on Tuesday. Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images

Spain’s acting prime minister, the socialist leader Pedro Sánchez, has been invited to try to form a government two months after July’s inconclusive snap general election, and four days after the leader of the conservative People’s party (PP) failed in his bid to take office.

King Felipe on Tuesday formally nominated Sánchez to attempt to secure congress’s backing to form a new coalition administration with the leftwing Sumar alliance.

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