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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jennifer O'Mahony and Renata Brito

Spain PM's shock election call brings unruly coalition to heel

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's snap general election call breaks apart the coalition he built with the far-left United We Can party, marking a line in the sand with a movement born from grassroots activism whose electoral fortunes have nosedived.

On Monday, Sánchez brought forward a national election expected in December to July 23 after the conservative Popular Party, or PP, and far-right Vox movement dramatically increased their vote share in Sunday's local and regional elections.

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