Pedro Sanchez wins cliff-hanger vote to form new Spanish government

Spain’s parliament chose Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez to form a new government Tuesday, ending almost a year of political limbo for the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy. Mr Sánchez won a cliff-hanger confidence vote 167-165, with 18 abstentions. It was the slimmest victory for a prime minister candidate in decades. His party will lead a leftist coalition with the left-wing United We Can party as junior partner. Mr Sánchez needed the votes or abstention promise of an array of smaller parties to get past. His supporters in parliament erupted into a standing ovation when the...