Spain: Podemos party rules out coalition deal with 2 parties
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Spain's far-left Podemos party says 88 percent of its members have rejected joining with the Socialists and the business friendly Ciudadanos party for a coalition government and ending four months of political paralysis.
Podemos tweeted Monday that the proposed deal was rejected by the nearly 150,000 members who voted.
The Socialists and Ciudadanos have a government formation deal but lack parliamentary support Podemos could have delivered.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Podemos leaders rejected an alliance including Ciudadanos, saying it would not bring about political change.
Spaniards enraged with high unemployment, corruption cases and austerity ended the nation's traditional two-party system in a Dec. 20 election.
The conservative Popular Party came in first but short of its 2011-2015 parliamentary majority.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Socialists were second and newcomers Podemos and Ciudadanos took third and fourth.