Pedro Sánchez was unable to invest and Spain was on the brink of a new election

Spain could participate in new general elections, the fourth in five years. Did Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez fail on Thursday in his bid for parliamentary support for form the government

The failure of Sanchez means that his candidacy for the leadership of the government is turned off. The king must now decide to convene a new round of consultations or give the parties time to know later if there are options for proposing a new appointment for the nomination.

The Socialist leader would have until September 23 to form a government, otherwise there would be a Electoral rehearsal November 10

In his speech, Sánchez – laureate of the legislative prize of April without an absolute majority He pointed out that the differences with Podemos were not in the program, but in the distribution of ministries.

The differences with Podemos

Sánchez, president of the government since June 2018, has 123 deputies out of a total of 350 in the lower house. I needed the 42 legislators of Podemos, essential to maintain power.

As detailed, the Socialists proposed to Podemos four ministerial portfolios (Health, Housing, Social Economy and Equality), including one with the rank of Vice President of the Executive.

In his latest offer, Podemos agreed to ask for health, equality and a vice-presidency, but he also asked for work, science and universities.

"All we ask these are competitions, not armchairs", the head of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, responded to Sánchez.

The chief negotiator of Podemos, Pablo Echenique, said that the PSOE wanted to attribute "a decorative paper" and "without the power to make public policies that improve people's life".

Charges from other parties

"Everything has been a fierce power struggle"The conservative Pablo Casado, leader of the opposition People's Party, was flogged before the vote." They showed that they could not agree to build! "he accused.

"The ego separates them, which does not suit them to the presidency ", launched the president of the party of the liberal citizens, Albert Rivera, in front of Sánchez e Iglesias.

The consultations lasted until the last minute and the PSOE and Podemos both received the pressure of other forces indispensable to the success of the investiture, such as ERC Catalan separatists and Basque EH Bildu, who finally abstained.

"They will regret today"The spokesman of the ERC, Gabriel Rufián, told the leaders of the PSOE and Podemos." You have four years of life, four years for four ministries. It's extraordinary, go into government and prove for four years that they're better! ", He told Iglesias.