Spain’s opposition socialist party has filed a no-confidence motion against the prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, a day after his governing People’s party was found to have benefited from an illegal kickbacks-for-contracts scheme. “That is why we have filed a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Rajoy this morning,” he said after a meeting of the PSOE’s executive committee on Friday. The anti-austerity Podemos party has said it will back the PSOE’s motion. Rajoy ruled out a snap election and said the no-confidence motion would damage Spain’s economic recovery and stability only days after the 2018 budget was approved. The prime minister accused Sánchez of opportunism and said the move would not lead to a viable government.

Source: The Guardian May 25, 2018 12:47 UTC