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.
The investiture debate and vote to reelect acting Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will take place later this week, Spain’s Parliament speaker said Monday.
Speaker Francina Armengol said Sanchez’s candidacy would be discussed by party leaders on Wednesday and the vote would take place after the debate on Thursday.
Sánchez, who has been in office since 2018, is expected to be voted in with no problems given that his Socialist party has reached deals with a bunch of small parties to ensure he has the backing of 179 legislators, three more than the 176 majority required in Parliament in a first vote.
Read more https://www.euronews.com/2023/11/13/spains-parliament-to-vote-on-prime-minister-sanchezs-re-election
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