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A general election this Sunday could make Spain the latest European Union member to swing to the right

Pedro Sánchez is betting on galvanising leftwing voters to block the far right getting into government for first time since Franco

Awkward, last-minute deal is intended to galvanise leftwing voters against conservative People’s party

Spain's conservative opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo on Tuesday agreed to hold a one-on-one debate against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in the run-up to the general election on July 23.

The electoral landscape in Spain has changed drastically since 2008. Will it follow so many of its European neighbours in swinging to the right when it heads to the polls later this month?

The local and regional elections that took place the 28th May have shaken up the political chessboard in Spain. The right-wing Partido Popular took the largest proportion of votes and now has the largest number of seats in local and regional governments.

Spain's snap parliamentary election on July 23 is unlikely to produce a working majority for any one party, with complex pre- and post-ballot alliances holding the key to governing Spain.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s snap general election breaks the coalition he built with the far-left United We Can party, with the aim of bringing to heel the unruly faction whose internecine conflicts damaged the coalition's results in local elections

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday he would dissolve parliament and the country would hold an early general election on July 23 following the results of Sunday’s local elections.