… Senate. President Mattarella gave the parties until Aug. 27 to form a government and it was not at all certain the PD, … the economic and financial crisis that hit Spain in 2008-09, PSOE, as the governing party, experienced a dramatic … Congress from 71 in 2016 to 42. In the evening of election day, Pablo Iglesias, the UP’s leader, called Sánchez to …