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Rajoy's PP is polling at 22 percent, neck-and-neck with the centre-left socialists, and the centrist Ciudadanos (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

PM Rajoy skips Spanish election debate

Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy stayed away from an election debate Monday (30 November), less than three weeks before voters will decide whether to allow his centre-right party to remain the largest in the country's parliament.

Spain is expecting a dramatic election on 20 December, with the two establishment parties being challenged by two strong newcomers, Ciudadanos and Podemos, neither of which is currently represented in the national assembly.

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Rajoy's PP is polling at 22 percent, neck-and-neck with the centre-left socialists, and the centrist Ciudadanos (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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