Spain’s caretaker PM Mariano Rajoy hopes to form coalition

Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, said he hoped to form a coalition government within a month, after his conservative party emerged from weekend elections with the biggest number of seats but short of an outright majority.

Spanish voters delivered a hung parliament for the second time in six months in Sunday’s general election, heightening political uncertainty in Europe after the shock Brexit vote.

Rajoy’s conservative People’s Party (PP) emerged as the only major party to gain ground from inconclusive elections held last December, as voters flocked back to traditional parties and abandoned newcomers.