Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez won reelection on Wednesday after giving amnesty to hundreds of Catalan separatists who attempted to secede from Spain in 2017. The leaders of that opposition movement, who fled to Brussels, will now be welcomed back for the sole purpose of supporting Sanchez in the government.
Sanchez’s victory comes as over a million Spaniards have protested in the streets of some 42 cities and towns across the nation, with at least a million gathering in the streets of Madrid to protest what they view as the socialist coup of their country. Sanchez also sought and gained support from the Basque Nationalist party. In essence, the socialists and communists have teamed up to rule Spain.
The vote in Parliament was tight, with 179 lawmakers voting in favor of Sanchez and 171 against him. 176 votes is needed among the 350 members of Parliament to secure victory, per Bloomberg.
“The only real reproach from the right is that we’ve won government with these deals,” Sanchez told the lawmaking body ahead of the vote. He emphasized forgiveness, while protesters…
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