Spain's Sanchez wins support for PM bid amid anger over Catalan amnesty vow
Friday, 10 November 2023 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 him an absolute majority in the lower house. However, this support comes amid controversy over Sanchez's pledge of amnesty for Catalan separatists. The deal with Junts, a Catalan separatist party, includes passing a contentious law granting amnesty to those convicted over Catalonia's attempt to secede from Spain in 2017.
Spain's Socialist Party has struck a deal with a fringe Catalan separatist party to grant an amnesty for people involved in the region's failed secession bid, sparking a protest outside the party's headquarters.
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..
After a prolonged deadlock, Spain's political unrest ceases as Pedro Sanchez secures a second term. Sanchez, receiving 179 votes in favor and 171 against, struck deals with regional parties, notably..
Friday, 10 November 2023
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