Spain’s newly elected Parliament meets on Thursday to choose the chamber’s speaker and presiding council in votes that could indicate the potential future color of the next government.
Acting Prime Minister Pedro Snchez is embraced by Yolanda Diaz before the start of a voting session at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Spain's newly elected Parliament meets on Thursday to choose the chamber's speaker and presiding council in votes that could indicate the potential future color of the next government.
Thursday’s council vote by the 350 new lawmakers could therefore indicate whether Sánchez’s Socialists are making headway in building support among smaller parties. These include separatist parties in Catalonia that appear likely to decide both the speaker’s vote and the future session to elect a prime minister.
, who is exiled in Brussels, could be in prime position to determine the course of Spain’s politics for the next four years.
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