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Conservatives compare pardoning Catalan separatists to laws of Franco dictatorship
Premier Pedro Sánchez is vilified over pact with Catalan separatists but says his opponents are heading for ‘abyss’
Alberto Núñez Feijóo accuses acting prime minister of self interest as rivals seek lawmakers’ backing to form government
People’s party attempt to take office in late September is expected to fail and pass initiative to PM Sánchez
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
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
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
Socialist PM attacks opposition links with hard-right Vox, while PP leader counters on law that saw release of sex offenders
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
Results are blow to prime minister Pedro Sánchez but victorious PP will need hard-right Vox party to govern
Sánchez government targets lenders as it seeks funds to lessen pain of inflation
People’s party inflicts defeat on Socialists before municipal and regional ballots and general election next year
Long-serving Galician politician will lead battered opposition in fight to re-establish itself as being fit to govern
PP chief Pablo Casado faces calls for leadership election as party infighting intensifies
Charismatic head of Madrid region accuses national leadership of seeking to ‘destroy’ her through fabricated claims
Hard-right Vox’s success in Castile-León increases scrutiny of Pablo Casado’s leadership of the People’s party
Polls hand hardline party balance of power in Castile-León as conservative PP falls short of majority
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