Spain could be called back to the polls on Christmas Day
Friday, August 19, 2016 @ 1:57 PM
ACTING president Mariano Rajoy has agreed to centre-right Ciudadanos' six anti-corruption conditions and set a date of August 30 for the start of the in-house presidential election debate, with the first round of voting due for August 31.
The right-wing PP leader will need an outright majority in his favour – 176 'yes' votes as a minimum out of the 350 MPs who gained seats in the second general election in June.
With the PP's own 137 MPs, Ciudadanos' 32, and the sole representative in Parliament for the Canarian Coalition, Rajoy still needs another six.
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