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Socialist premier forced to roll over budget as MPs approve amnesty bill for region’s separatists
Pedro Sánchez has agreed to more concessions in order to break parliamentary deadlock
Hardline faction pushing for independence votes against bill drafted to protect them
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Erasing offences related to Catalonia’s 2017 independence bid fuels sense of uncertainty for companies
Madrid remains one of 5 EU capitals that still does not recognise Pristina’s independence
Head of country’s treasury and negotiator on EU’s fiscal rules succeeds Nadia Calviño as she moves to EIB
Controversial levy to be rolled over into 2025 but tax break will be introduced for green investments
Rubbing shoulders on Europe’s southern peninsula, the neighbours have sometimes prickly relations
Our new relationship with Spain means that now is the time to launch a fresh round of negotiations
EU finance ministers approve her appointment to lead world’s largest multilateral lender
Carles Puigdemont fled to Brussels after staging a failed independence bid for Catalonia in 2017
Socialist leader secures majority in parliament with help of Catalan separatists
Also in this newsletter: Why EU money is being spent on peddling fascist memorabilia
The coalition deal should be condemned by international defenders of democratic principles
Conservatives compare pardoning Catalan separatists to laws of Franco dictatorship
Conservatives and judges say Socialist leader’s pact with Catalan separatists damages rule of law
Premier Pedro Sánchez is vilified over pact with Catalan separatists but says his opponents are heading for ‘abyss’
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Pact to secure another term for caretaker prime minister has sparked outrage on the right
Justice commissioner presses Madrid for details on move to end prosecution of separatists as anger boils over at protests
A politically expedient path can also be the right one to take
Caretaker premier Pedro Sánchez takes over baton of coalition talks after inconclusive elections
Also in this newsletter: the political case for Spain’s Sánchez to say no to an amnesty for Catalan separatists
Alberto Núñez Feijóo accuses acting prime minister of self interest as rivals seek lawmakers’ backing to form government
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