MADRID — Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called a general election for April 28 after his minority government’s budget proposal was rejected by lawmakers. Here’s a look at how things unfolded and what to expect from a new general election:—-HOW DID SPAIN GET HERE? There was a time when Spanish politics was largely a two-party business: the Socialists and the conservative Popular Party (PP). The heightened fragmentation of Spain’s political scene led to an inconclusive election in 2015. —-Follow AP’s full coverage of Spain’s political crisis in Catalonia: https://apnews.com/CataloniaAritz Parra can be found on Twitter: @aritzparra

Source: National Post February 15, 2019 08:48 UTC