Spanish party to debate outside offer to help form gov't
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The party of Spain's acting prime minister is meeting to decide if it accepts conditions that a small party has made in return for supporting his bid to end the eight-month political deadlock and form a new government.
The Popular Party is expected to endorse in principle the six conditions set by the business-friendly Ciudadanos at Wednesday's meeting and give acting Premier Mariano Rajoy the go-ahead to negotiate a pact.
But even with Ciudadanos' backing, Rajoy will still need support or abstention of other parties in a parliamentary confidence vote, and that appears unlikely.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rajoy's party, in power since 2011, has been running a caretaker government since December after two elections produced hung parliaments.
The party won the most seats in both elections but lost the absolute majority it held.