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Conservatives compare pardoning Catalan separatists to laws of Franco dictatorship
Premier Pedro Sánchez is vilified over pact with Catalan separatists but says his opponents are heading for ‘abyss’
Alberto Núñez Feijóo accuses acting prime minister of self interest as rivals seek lawmakers’ backing to form government
People’s party attempt to take office in late September is expected to fail and pass initiative to PM Sánchez
Failure by PP to win Spanish election outright raises prospect of capital’s ‘mini-Thatcher’ taking over party
Feijóo’s PP becomes largest party in congress but neither he nor PM Sánchez have clear path to form government
Also in this newsletter: A conference in Rome follows up on a controversial EU migration deal
Extreme policies in local coalitions deterred voters from backing hard-right group on national stage
Victory for People’s party and Vox could bring hard-right to power for first time in more than 40 years
Group likely to be kingmaker after upcoming election, bringing hard right into government for first time since Franco
Socialist PM attacks opposition links with hard-right Vox, while PP leader counters on law that saw release of sex offenders
People’s party leader disappoints banks and energy groups by not pledging to scrap levy
People’s party inflicts defeat on Socialists before municipal and regional ballots and general election next year
Long-serving Galician politician will lead battered opposition in fight to re-establish itself as being fit to govern
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