Spain PM strikes key deal with Catalan separatists
Thursday, 9 November 2023 Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has secured a deal with Catalan separatists that will allow him to form a government. In return, the separatists will receive amnesty for those involved in the failed secession attempt in 2017. The proposed bill has sparked protests in Madrid. Sanchez needs the support of Catalan independence parties to create a coalition government. Critics have accused him of corruption and disregarding the rule of law. The details of the agreement will be presented in Brussels, where Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont is currently based.
Spain’s socialist party (PSOE) has struck a deal with Catalan separatist party Junts per Catalunya that could pave the way for acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez to form a coalition government as early as next week.
Emotions ran high in the Strasbourg hemicycle on Wednesday as EU lawmakers clashed over Spain’s controversial amnesty law, part of a political deal with Catalan separatists to make Pedro Sánchez..
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170,000 protesters flooded Madrid against an amnesty law following PM Pedro Sanchez's deal with Catalan nationalists. The law pardons figures tied to the 2017 Catalan bid, triggering national dissent..
Clashes between police and anti-Catalan amnesty protesters break out in Madrid as Pedro Sanchez wins the backing of Spain's parliament on Thursday for another term as prime minister, with the country..
Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has secured the backing of two more regional parties, the National Basque Party and the Canaries' Coalition, giving... IndiaTimes
Thursday, 9 November 2023
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