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The results from Sunday's vote left neither the left nor right bloc with an easy path to form a government. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez' Socialists have more options but face potentially unpalatable demands from Catalan separatist parties. Those could include insistence on an independence referendum, triggering the kind of political chaos seen in 2017 when Catalonia last tried to break from Spain. Sanchez could win over left-wing separatist party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), as he did to form a minority government in 2019. The Socialists, which oppose independence and any vote on the issue, may have a hard time accepting such a demand.

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With 99% of votes counted by 11:45 p.m. (2145 GMT), the opposition People's Party (PP) had 136 seats while Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's ruling Socialists (PSOE) had 122 seats. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsNegotiations by the two blocs to form governments will start after a new parliament convenes on Aug. 17. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a surprise snap election after the left took a drubbing in local elections in May. In the present scenario, Sanchez' PSOE would rely heavily on Catalan separatist parties Junts and ERC or Basque separatists EH Bildu. In 2019, two more elections were held before the PSOE and far-left Podemos agreed to form Spain's first coalition government.

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☆ Spain's Supreme Court drops sedition charges against Catalan separatist leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MADRID, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday dropped sedition charges against the leader of Catalonia's failed bid for independence, Carles Puigdemont, after a reform of the country's penal code abolished the crime. Puigdemont, who is in self-imposed exile in Belgium to avoid prosecution in Spain, still faces charges of disobedience and embezzlement, which carry jail terms of up to eight years. Spain's previous bids to have Puigdemont extradited during his stays in Germany, Belgium and Italy have failed. Puigdemont posted a video on Twitter in which he vowed to fight "to the end" against his extradition in European courts. Puigdemont has been living in self-imposed exile in Belgium since late 2017 and served as a member of the European Parliament since 2019.

☆ Nouă lideri separatiști ar putea să scape de închisoare pentru tentativa lor de puci din 2017
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Nouă lideri secesioniști catalani ar putea să scape de închisoare pentru tentativa lor de puci din 2017, când au declanșat un referendum al regiunii spaniole și au declarat unilateral separarea sa de Madrid. Asta pentru că premierul spaniol, Pedro Sanchez, a anunțat că va da marți undă verde grațierii lor. Tentativa de declarare a independenței regiunii a fost una dintre cele mai grave crize politice prin care a trecut Spania de la sfârșitul dictaturii generalului Francisco Franco, în 1975. Atunci, guvernul Cataloniei în frunte cu liderul Carles Puigdemont a organizat un referendum de autodeterminare, după care a declarat independența regiunii. A urmat o preluare a puterii regionale de către Madrid, care a început să persecute penal liderii catalani.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Francisco Franco, . Locations: spaniole, Madrid, Spania

☆ Separatiștii catalani, printre care și Carles Puigdemont, vor fi grațiați de guvernul spaniol condus de Pedro Sanchez
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-21 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

„Mâine voi propune Consiliului de Miniştri graţierea a nouă condamnaţi pentru rolul lor în tentativa de secesiune”, a declarat liderul socialist în prestigiosul Gran Teatre del Liceu din Barcelona, transmite Agerpres. Într-o punere în scenă atent orchestrată, Sanchez a declarat că „guvernul spaniol a optat pentru reconciliere” şi „a crezut că această măsură de graţiere va deschide această cale'', în timp publicul cerea o ''amnistie'' completă. Tentativa de secesiune a bogatei regiuni din nord-estul Spaniei a fost una dintre cele mai grave crize politice prin care a trecut Spania de la sfârşitul dictaturii lui Franco, în 1975. În pofida interdicţiei justiţiei, guvernul regional al liderului pro-independenţă Carles Puigdemont a organizat un referendum de autodeterminare, care a fost marcat de violenţe poliţieneşti transmise în toată lumea. Urmăriţi penal, liderii pro-independenţă, precum Carles Puigdemont, au părăsit Spania sau au ajuns în spatele gratiilor.

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