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Reaction to the defeat in the regional elections in Spain: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wants to dissolve parliament. Now there are new elections.
Madrid - Surprise in Spain: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has dissolved parliament and called new elections. He was reacting to the heavy defeat in the regional elections. Now all eligible voters in the country are to be called to the polls on July 23, 2023. The procedure is said to have already been agreed with King Felipe, according to consistent media reports.
Previously, Sánchez had suffered a bitter defeat in the regional and local elections. After counting almost all votes at the local level, his social democratic party PSOE came to only 28.1 percent on Sunday. The opposition conservative People's Party (PP), on the other hand, won 31.5 percent of the vote, and it also took several regions from the PSOE. (jkf)
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