Spain’s new parliament meets for its opening session Tuesday, with the far-right Vox as the third-largest party following a divisive election that failed to resolve years of political deadlock.
Just over three weeks after the vote, lawmakers are on Tuesday taking the oath of office, although there is little indication of when a government would be formed.
The legislature has been gridlocked since an inconclusive April election which the Socialists won but without a majority — in an outcome repeated on November 10, leaving Pedro Sanchez a winner but weakened.
And this time round, Vox — which only a year ago was just a marginal player — more than doubled its showing, snaring 52 mandates and becoming the third-largest faction within the 350-seat parliament.
Days after the election, Sanchez and the radical left-wing Podemos agreed in principle to form a coalition government.
But such a government would only have 155 seats, leaving it dependent on support from other factions for the 176 mandates to pass an investiture vote.
— AFP
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