By IRNA
Berlin : Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday morning congratulated Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on his reelection, government spokesman Ulrich Wilhlem said during a routine weekly press briefing.
Zapatero’s Socialist Party clinched 43.6 percent of the vote compared with 40.1 percent for the conservative People’s Party, according to the Spanish Interior Ministry.
That will give Zapatero 169 seats out of 350 in parliament compared with 153 for the People’s Party, official results said.
Merkel and Zapatero are to meet Thursday and Friday at the EU Council meeting in Brussels.
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