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Spain’s center-right opposition leader, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, faces a confidence vote tomorrow as he seeks to become prime minister. Given that his party is four seats short of the requisite absolute majority, his attempt seems doomed even before the 350 lawmakers assemble. But if he loses, that won’t be the end of the matter — he’ll get a second chance on Friday and could win with a simple majority of more yes than no votes. A defeat would allow caretaker Premier Pedro Sanchez — whose Socialist party is also short of the mandatory majority — to seek an investiture within two months. Feijoo is expected to use today’s debate to outline his strategy against a new Sanchez government. On Sunday, the conservative led a protest against government plans to pass an amnesty law for hundreds of Catalan separatists.
