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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ciaran Giles and Joseph Wilson

Spain's Pedro Sánchez expected to be reelected prime minister despite amnesty controversy

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Spain’s acting prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, is expected to be chosen by a majority of legislators to form a new government in a parliamentary vote Thursday.

The vote comes at the end of nearly two days of debate among party leaders that centered almost entirely on a highly controversial amnesty deal for Catalonia’s separatists that Sánchez agreed to in return for vital support to get elected prime minister again.

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