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[Duque de Bragança]

Election called, Conservatives win but this will be a hung parliament. Start selling, Yi.

Another hung parliament in the Iberian peninsula. Well, nothing a bit of combinazione can't solve.

[celedhring]

A non-update to inform you that it's been more than a month after the election and we're still not looking like having a government anytime soon. The parliament is really hung and most parties seem embarked in brinkmanship to put themselves ahead in case of a repeat election ("it was THEIR fault!!!"). The Socialist party is key to any government, but it is torn between the supporters of entering a grand coalition and those advocating for a left wing front.

Brussels and the European establishment largely (and ostensibly) support a conservative-led grand coalition, but to make things worse, a couple of large corruption scandals have exploded in the face of the conservative party, making a coalition with them more poisonous to sell to voters (which would favor the far left).

[Valmy]

Democracy clearly doesn't work. Time for the Carlists to take full control.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

A non-update to inform you that it's been more than a month after the election and we're still not looking like having a government anytime soon. The parliament is really hung and most parties seem embarked in brinkmanship to put themselves ahead in case of a repeat election ("it was THEIR fault!!!"). The Socialist party is key to any government, but it is torn between the supporters of entering a grand coalition and those advocating for a left wing front.

Brussels and the European establishment largely (and ostensibly) support a conservative-led grand coalition, but to make things worse, a couple of large corruption scandals have exploded in the face of the conservative party, making a coalition with them more poisonous to sell to voters (which would favor the far left).

it could have been worse: parliament could have been hanged.

[The Larch]

In a bit of a shock move, the King has asked Pedro Sánchez, PSOE's "leader" (in quotes because of the huge turnmoil inside the party with his leadership very challenged), to try to form a new government, as Rajoy was clearly unable and/or unwilling to try to give it a shot. If Sánchez manages to pull it off, and it's a pretty big if given the composition of parliament, it'll be the first time that the Spanish government will be held by a party that didn't come 1st in the elections.