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Spain's Ciudadanos seeks snap polls after ruling party's graft conviction

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Spain's centrist Ciudadanos, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's ally in parliament, today called for a snap poll after Rajoy's conservative Popular Party was sentenced in a major graft trial.

But the party will oppose a no-confidence motion filed against Rajoy by the main opposition Socialists, Ciudadanos secretary general Jose Manuel Villegas told a news conference.

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First Published: May 25 2018 | 4:15 PM IST

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