Spain’s registered unemployment, which tracks people who are included in the Labor Ministry database, declined in July by 83,993 people, the government said earlier Tuesday.
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Spain still lacks a government after elections in December and June failed to produce a victor with enough support for a majority to pass a spending plan for next year and steer efforts to reduce the budget deficit.
Sanchez has repeatedly refused to enable a minority government led by Rajoy’s centre-right People’s Party (PP), which won the most votes but fell short of a majority in national elections in December and in June. “The Socialist Party is the alternative to the Popular Party and, therefore, the Socialist Party will not take part in any grand coalition”, he said.
But efforts to forge a coalition were unsuccessful as rival parties were unable to overcome their differences, prompting repeat elections in June with a similar result.
Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, left, shakes hands with Socialists Party leader Pedro Sanchez as they poses for the media before their meeting at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016.
Speaking after a fruitless meeting with the head of the PSOE, Pedro Sanchez, on Tuesday, Mr Rajoy said: “I ask him to unlock the situation and I think it is possible to do this”.
“This is a first step and, as you know, even the longest journey always starts with a first step”, Rajoy told a news conference after meeting Ciudadanos (Citizens) leader Albert Rivera.
However Sanchez appeared to leave the door open for the possibility that the party would abstain in a vote of confidence, saying that the leadership committee would have the ultimate say in whether the grouping changes its posture or not.
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