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Inside Europe: Gonzalez wins Spanish elections.

By Jones, Benjamin
Publication: Europe
Date: Thursday, July 1 1993

The Spanish Socialist Party, under the leadership of Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, won the general election on June 6 1993, with 159 seats. The Socialist Party will now be in power for a further four years, having already ruled for ten years. Forecasts had suggested that the Popular Party, which won 141 seats, would take power, as Spain is suffering from the greatest recession for over forty years, unemployment is about 22%, and the Spanish peseta has been devalued several times under the Socialists. Gonzalez will meet minority leaders with a view to forming a stable government, but as he

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