Spain's Sanchez loses first bid to form government

Spain’s Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez failed on Tuesday in his first attempt to get enough votes from parliament to form a government.

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Kusai Kedri
Press TV, Barcelona

Spain’s Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez failed on Tuesday in his first attempt to get enough votes from parliament to form a government. Sanchez has now 48 hours to clinch a deal with left-leaning allies, but his main supporter, the anti-capitalist party Podemos, is demanding key ministerial posts that Sanchez is reluctant to give out.