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April 29, 2019

Spanish Socialist PM Pedro Sánchez Wins Election as Far-Right Vox Party Makes Gains
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In Spain, incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will retain his
position after a general election on Sunday that also saw a far-right
party make big gains. Sánchez's Socialist Workers' Party won 123 seats,
an increase over the last election, but fell short of winning an
outright parliamentary majority. The anti-immigrant Vox party, which
vowed to "make Spain great again," won 24 seats. It's the first time
since the Franco dictatorship that a fascist party won more than one
seat in Spain's parliament.


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