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Europe will not be the main priority for Spain's new leader Pedro Sanchez (Photo: psoe/flickr)

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How will power swap in Italy and Spain change EU balance?

In less than 24 hours, two of the largest five EU countries chose a new prime minister. But will the Italian-Spanish pas de deux change the political balance in the bloc?

In Italy, on Thursday evening (31 May), the anti-establishment Five-Start Movement (M5S) and the far-right League agreed with president Sergio Mattarella on the composition of a government led by Giuseppe Conte.

In Spain, on Friday (1 June), centre-right prime minister Mariano Rajoy was ousted by a vote of no con...

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Europe will not be the main priority for Spain's new leader Pedro Sanchez (Photo: psoe/flickr)

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