Spain: There they find PSOE-Ciudadanos with Podemos

Spain: There they find PSOE-Ciudadanos with Podemos
Boiling point reached in the negotiations on forming a government in Spain, three months after the parliamentary elections in which no party secured a majority.
The Socialist Party (PSOE) has taken a government mandate to form, after the fruitless efforts of the Popular Party, accused Friday, the radical left and the leader of Podemos that "torpedoed" tripartite negotiations -with the centrist, liberal Ciudadanos party.
The spokesman of the PSOE Antonio Hernandez, after the announcement of Pablo Iglesias that will consult the base of the party to decide whether to reject or accept the government program proposed by the Socialists and Ciudadanos, accused Podemos that "closed the door to change they were expecting millions of Spaniards
The referendum among the Podemos States, should take place next week, on 14-16 April.
The question to be put to the voters of Podemos is whether they want to support a party government of Socialists and centrists or a "government of change" with the inclusion of the left and the PSOE.
The Iglesias hinted that if they choose the first option, which he rejects, will assume the "responsibility" of, but to talk about resignation.
The odds, however, to form a three-party government is minimal, since from Thursday Ciudadanos has declared that the differences with the Podemos remain unbridgeable.
On Thursday evening the PSOE, who came second in the elections of 20 December, managed to bring to the same table with Ciudadanos Podemos, the party with which Iglesias refused until now to negotiate on forming a government.
But Friday morning, both parties announced that this meeting has failed. The fact Iglesias stressed that the interlocutors automatically rejected his proposals.
"We got very frustrated at this meeting," said Iglesias, adding that his interlocutors answered "no" to all the suggestions made and also rejected the entrance of Podemos in government.
The parties have until May 2 to reach an agreement. If you do not achieve this, they launched new parliamentary elections on June 26 in order to break the political deadlock.

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