Far-right censure motion against Spanish government defeated
STORY: Far-right censure motion against Spanish government defeated
DATELINE: March 23, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:04
LOCATION: Madrid
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Spanish Congress
2. various of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
STORYLINE:
The Spanish Congress (lower chamber of parliament) on Wednesday rejected a censure motion against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez by the extreme right-wing "Vox" party.
The 52 Vox representatives in the Congress voted in favor, along with Pablo Cambronero, a former member of the center-right "Ciudadanos" party. Meanwhile, there were 201 votes against and 91 abstentions.
Members of Sanchez's coalition government, which is made up of his Socialist Party (PSOE) and the left-wing Unidas Podemos, voted against the motion.
Deputies from the right-wing People's Party (PP), the main opposition force in Spain, abstained from the vote. PP leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo did not attend the debate.
This is the second censure motion presented by Vox to be defeated during Sa
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