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Carmen Isolina Egea Gutiérrez - Cortines, Profesora Políticas Públicas y Unión Europea, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

What's happening in Spain after the general election (and what it means for the presidency of the Council of the EU)

Picture of the Spanish Congress of Deputies on Thursday 18 May. Congreso de los Diputados

Spaniards voted in a general election on 23 July. The election was called early. Pedro Sánchez, the current acting prime minister, brought it forward after the Socialist Party (PSOE) polled poorly in municipal and regional elections on 28 May, and the prospect of an internal rebellion within the party loomed.

The polls, up to 22 July, indicated that the winner of the general election would be the right-wing bloc: the People’s Party (PP) would be able to form a government with Vox (populist far right-wing party), with which it has already governed in coalition in regions and municipalities.

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