Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy could be forced out of office as the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), which holds a crucial five seats in parliament, has announced its support to the no-confidence vote, according to BBC.
Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez proposed the no-confidence vote after Rajoy's People's Party (PP) was implicated in a corruption scandal.
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