Opinion
What's the problem?
Mark Nayler
PSOE leader has proposed altering Article 99 of the Constitution, believing that governmental deadlocks would thereby be prevented. Article 99 states that, once nominated by the King, a prospective president must secure an absolute majority in the first ... that often triggers a repeat election because the prime ministerial candidate can't secure enough support. However, if the proposed changes to Article 99 meant that Sánchez's Socialists automatically became the next government, Spain would be ruled by ... responsibility of forming the next administration. The PSOE leader would still have had to try and create a coalition with or secure parliamentary votes from other parties to govern. But it was precisely the impossibility of either feat that triggered the last
