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...The bill is the price Sánchez had to pay for the votes he needed to stay in power after an inconclusive election last year....
...The amnesty deal that gave Spain’s prime minister another term in office has fractured as Catalan separatists voted against a bill that was supposed to lock in their support for Pedro Sánchez....
...On his trip to the Middle East, Sánchez is also pushing for them to change their stance, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar....
...Sánchez’s party concluded that it would be politically and legally difficult to include acts of terrorism as defined in Spanish law in the amnesty bill....
...a virtue out of necessity”.Sánchez secured 179 votes in his favour, with 171 MPs voting against him....
...Sánchez’s new four year term will formally begin after the speaker of Congress communicates the results of the vote to King Felipe VI....
...Sánchez says it will help defuse the Catalan conflict....
...Although golden visas can be obtained via various forms of investment, Sánchez said 94 out of every 100 granted in Spain had been linked to property purchases....
...“We will take the necessary measures to ensure that housing is a right and not just a speculative business,” Sánchez said on Monday....
...The amnesty law must be approved by Spain’s parliament and will then pave the way for the investiture of Sánchez on or before November 27....
...Following an inconclusive July general election, Sánchez needs the support of smaller parties in parliament to reach a 176-seat majority....
...The Catalan branch of Sánchez’s Socialist party is in the lead, with another separatist group in second place....
...Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has indicated that he is in favour of issuing common EU debt to prop up the bloc’s defence sector....
...Sánchez has allowed Yolanda Díaz, his deputy prime minister, to travel to Brussels to open talks with Puigdemont....
...The PP called the outcome a “humiliation” for Sánchez....
...Sánchez sat listening to Feijóo’s speech but offered no official response....
...Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who has been consistently critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, revealed the goal as he began a trip to Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia....
...But before the election Sánchez had said an amnesty would be “unacceptable”....
...came as Sánchez managed to corral votes from six other parties in addition to his own to reach a 176-seat absolute majority....
...Spain has consistently spoken up for Palestinians and Sánchez on Friday called for the EU to formally recognise the state of Palestine....
...Spain’s King Felipe VI will meet political leaders again next week and is expected to invite Sánchez to try to form a government....
...Sánchez on Wednesday suggested the PP was trying to pressure the monarch into choosing Feijóo, a charge the PP rejected. “The pressure is not on the king, it’s on Sánchez,” said one PP official....
...Sánchez will then have his chance in October or November. If he falls short, Spain will have to hold repeat elections early next year, as it did in 2015-16 and 2019....
...Context: Sánchez is currently leading a caretaker government after inconclusive elections in July....
...Sánchez applauded the appointment of Calviño as the first woman to lead the EIB, the world’s biggest multilateral lender....
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