Madrid - King Felipe VI of Spain signed a decree Tuesday dissolving parliament and setting a new election for June 26.
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Madrid – King Felipe VI of Spain signed a decree Tuesday dissolving parliament and setting a new election for June 26.
It will be the country’s second general election in six months.
The move comes after a midnight deadline for installing a new government passed, following an inconclusive 20 December general election that resulted in a hung parliament.
Spain has never had to repeat elections since democracy was restored in 1978.
Polls suggest a repeat election is unlikely to break the deadlock and could mean a political impasse stretching over the summer and possibly ending with yet another election.
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