The President of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, has announced that he will bring forward the date of the General Election to July 23.
The announcement, made this morning, follows the resounding defeat of the PSOE Socialist party in the regional and municipal elections yesterday.
In an institutional declaration the President said: «It is better that the Spanish people have the last word in defining the political course of the country».
The original date for the General Election was October this year.
