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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Spanish prime minister calls early general election after battering in regional vote

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday called an early general election for July 23 in a surprise move after his Socialist party took a serious battering in local and regional elections.

Prior to Sunday's debacle, Sánchez had insisted that he would ride out his four-year term with leftist government coalition partner United We Can, indicating that an election would be held in December.

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