Spain's conservative government today survived a vote of no confidence tabled by the far-left Podemos party to denounce rampant corruption. Eighty-two lawmakers in the lower house voted in favour of the motion to unseat Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, 170 against and 97 abstained, prompting it to fail.<br/><br/>The vote had never been expected to succeed as a majority of lawmakers were against it, but it was brought to parliament by Podemos to shine the spotlight on Rajoy's ruling Popular Party. The party has been hit by a series of corruption scandals in recent time. <br/><br/>It was also the occasion for other opposition parties and Podemos to lay bare their differences in a highly-fragmented parliament that has forced Rajoy to head up a minority government following two inconclusive elections in 2015 and 2016. <br/>'<br/><br/>