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Failure by PP to win Spanish election outright raises prospect of capital’s ‘mini-Thatcher’ taking over party
Election losers include the hard-right Vox party and separatists in Catalonia
The results offered an insight into how voting changes once climate change becomes a ‘now’ problem: it doesn’t
Inconclusive election result stands in way of need to reduce Madrid’s budget deficit and advance other reforms in Brussels
Simply by abstaining, the seven MPs of Together for Catalonia could help Socialists stay in power
Poor result for hard-right Vox is positive for the country’s democracy
Feijóo’s PP becomes largest party in congress but neither he nor PM Sánchez have clear path to form government
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Extreme policies in local coalitions deterred voters from backing hard-right group on national stage
Victory for People’s party and Vox could bring hard-right to power for first time in more than 40 years
No party like Vox has been in government since Franco’s era but things may be different after Sunday’s election
Spanish foreign minister warns of ‘very significant unbalancing’ in the bloc
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Pedro Sanchez, the Socialist leader, is heading for defeat
Group likely to be kingmaker after upcoming election, bringing hard right into government for first time since Franco
Nationalist Vox party may enter government as a junior coalition partner after the snap July 23 election
Spanish premier’s election campaign hurt by decision to rely on Basque separatists in parliament
Socialist PM attacks opposition links with hard-right Vox, while PP leader counters on law that saw release of sex offenders
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People’s party leader disappoints banks and energy groups by not pledging to scrap levy
Whoever wins the snap July election will confront difficulties whose origins lie in the 1970s turn to democracy
Ruling Socialists focus on prospect of hard right sharing power in several regions
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