Published December 29, 2015
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says he will push forward with negotiations to try to form a coalition government, after the Dec. 20 election gave his Popular Party the most votes but left it far short of a parliamentary majority.
Rajoy said Tuesday that Spain's best option is a lower house of parliament controlled by a majority that can easily pass important legislation.
Rajoy says he opposes any alliance with the far-left Podemos party because it wants to let voters in the Catalonia region decide if they want to secede from Spain.
The Popular Party won 123 seats in the 350-member lower house of parliament — down from the 186 it got in 2011.
The Socialists won 90 seats, followed by Podemos and allies with 69 and Ciudadanos with 40.
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