Spain's government could fall by the weekend as Rajoy faces no confidence vote

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Source: The Independent

Spain’s government could fall by the weekend, as the country’s MPs prepare for a Friday vote of no confidence that could topple centre-right prime minister Mariano Rajoy.

The congress of deputies debated the motion on Thursday, with the opposition socialist group PSOE urging the chamber’s constellation of smaller parties to vote against the scandal-hit administration.

The outcome of the vote in the 350 seat congress of deputies in Madrid is on a knife-edge, with the outcome far from certain and dependent on the way the minor and regionalist parties vote.

In Brussels and around the world the episode is seen as a key test of eurozone stability, compounding the political deadlock in Italy over the formation of a possible eurosceptic populist government.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-mariano-rajoy-no-confidence-vote-basque-catalan-corruption-a8377331.html

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2. A 'key test of Eurozone stability,' like other serious factors in recent years.