Barack Obama to meet with Podemos, PSOE and Ciudadanos on Monday
Thursday, July 7, 2016 @ 7:12 PM
UNITED States president Barack Obama is said to be planning meetings with all four main candidates in the recent general elections during his official visit to Spain.
After the lunch hosted by King Felipe VI on Monday, July 11, which acting Spanish president Mariano Rajoy will be attending, Obama is expected to hold talks with PSOE (socialist) head, Pedro Sánchez; Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias, and Ciudadanos' boss Albert Rivera.
Sources close to the three parties said all three would be going to the lunch, but Obama himself has declined to reveal the full guest list - although he is indeed planning to meet all the party heads.
The US leader says his main aim is to get, and stay, in contact with the heads of all the main political parties in Spain, remaining so even after the country finally manages to form a new government.
Obama's visit on Monday will be the first time all the party leaders have come together at the same time and place since the inconclusive elections on June 26.
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