Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez Re-elected Spanish PM

In Spain, Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez has clinched the vote in parliament to lead the country for another term as prime minister.

 

Mr Sánchez won an absolute majority in the investiture vote, securing the support of 179 members of Spain’s 350 Member Parliament.

   

He has secured the majority after sealing an amnesty deal for Catalans involved in a failed bid to secede from Spain.

 

The pragmatic Catalan



Republican Left is also backing the new government in return for the amnesty.

 

The conservative Popular Party won elections in July, however its leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo failed to form a majority.

 

Last weekend tens of thousands of Spaniards took part in protests across Spain, and Mr Feijóo has accused the prime minister of pursuing his own interests rather than his country's interests.