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Spanish gov't survives no-confidence vote in parliament

MADRID, March 22 (KUNA) -- The Spanish government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez survived by landslide a no-confidence motion brought to the Congress of Deputies on Wednesday by the national-conservative political Vox party.
The motion was defeated by 201 votes, with 91 abstentions, while 53 MPs of the far-right party and one member of Ciudadanos (Citizens) party voted to withdraw confidence from the minority government, led by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). The parliament session gathered 345 out of the total 349 MPs. (end) hnd.kna.gb