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Spanish Socialist Sanchez succeeds Rajoy as prime minister

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Socialist Pedro Sanchez took over as Spain’s prime minister on Friday, after outgoing leader Mariano Rajoy lost a parliamentary confidence vote triggered by a long-running corruption trial involving members of his center-right party.

 

Sanchez won Friday’s no-confidence motion with 180 votes in favor, 169 against and 1 abstention.

 

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