Catalan Separatists Keep Control and Sanchez Gets a Boost Bloomberg 2/15/2021 Rodrigo Orihuela and Laura Millan Lombrana
(Bloomberg) Catalan separatist parties won a majority in the regional parliament in Sunday’s election, but Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was one of the night’s big winners.
Sanchez’s Socialist party won the most votes and saw its main national rival, the conservative People’s Party, suffer a humiliating defeat. All the same, the next regional leader is set to come from the separatist camp, since the two leading parties in favor of independence claimed 65 seats in the 135-strong assembly, while a smaller left-wing group that also backs secession has nine more. Sixty-eight seats are required for a majority.
<div class="at-above-post addthis tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/catalan-separatists-increase-majority/"></div>BARCELONA (Reuters) – Separatist parties won enough seats on Sunday in Catalonia’s regional parliament to strengthen their majority, although a strong showing for the local branch of Spain’s ruling Socialists pointed to a dialogue, rather than breakup, with Madrid. With over 99% of ballots counted, separatists won 50.9% of the vote, surpassing the 50% threshold […]<! AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get the excerpt ><div class="at-below-post addthis tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/catala
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Separatist parties won enough seats on Sunday in Catalonia's regional parliament to strengthen their majority, although a strong showing for the local branch of Spain's ruling Socialists pointed to a dialogue, rather than breakup, with Madrid.
Separatists boost majority in Catalan parliament February 15, 2021
The pro-union Socialist Party, led by former health minister Salvador Illa, won the most votes to claim a narrow victory, but will struggle to form a government.
BARCELONA Separatist parties in Catalonia have boosted their parliamentary majority in the regional elections, held amid a third wave of coronavirus.
The pro-union Socialist Party, led by former health minister Salvador Illa, won the most votes to claim a narrow victory, but will struggle to form a government.
With 99% of the votes counted, the three main parties working toward an independence from Spain increased their number of seats in the 135-seat regional parliament to 74. In 2017 they won 70.