Spain's Sanchez ready to form coalition to respect constitution

Spain's Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez, fresh from a win for his party in national elections on Sunday, said the only conditions he would place on forming a coalition government would be respecting the constitution and promoting social justice.

Sanchez, whose party won the most votes but no parliamentary majority, told supporters he would put up no "safety cordon" in talks to form a government, a common expression used in the campaign to show one party refused to make a deal with another.