The Spanish Parliament elected the head of the Socialist Party, Pedro Sánchez, as Prime Minister.

The Spanish Parliament has elected the head of the Socialist Party, Pedro Sánchez, as Prime Minister for the third time. . reports El Pais

His candidacy was supported by 179 deputies from eight parties. These include the Socialist Workers' Party, as well as Catalan and Basque nationalists, with whom a coalition agreement was reached.

171 MPs opposed, including the main opponents from the center-right People's Party and the far-right Vox.

To obtain a majority of seats in parliament, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party previously entered into an agreement with the nationalist party "Together for Catalonia" in exchange for an amnesty for almost 1,400 Catalan activists, as well as with the "Basque Nationalist Party" and the "Canarian Coalition".

Parliamentary elections in Spain took place in July 2023. According to their results, the center-right People's Party received 136 seats out of 350 in parliament, the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party - 122 seats, and the far-right Vox - 33 parliamentary seats. In fourth place was the alliance of leftist parties Sumar with 31 seats.

Based on their results, a winner was not determined, since none of the parties was able to obtain a majority. Later, Sanchez's party was able to reach agreements with a number of leftist and nationalist parties.