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Spanish centrist party declines to run in general election

FILE PHOTO: Members of Ciudadanos party are seen at their headquarters in Lucena near Cordoba, southern Spain June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

Spain's centre-right and business-friendly party Ciudadanos ("Citizens") on Tuesday said it would neither run in the upcoming snap general election on July 23 nor support any other party following weak results in Sunday's local voting.

"The most intelligent way to defend liberal ideals and the liberal space is not to run in this electoral cycle," the party's secretary-general, Adrian Vazquez, told a news conference.

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