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EU Confidential

Spain's Pedro Sánchez to form new government as prime minister

EU Confidential

POLITICO

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.4175 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Ending months of political paralysis, we bring you up to speed on the turmoil in Spain that has left Pedro Sánchez clinging to power. The Socialist leader secured another term as Spain's prime minister thanks to a controversial amnesty deal with Catalan separatists, which saw thousands of people take to the streets in protest. EU Confidential host Suzanne Lynch talks to POLITICO's Aitor Hernández-Morales and Nick Vinocur about the stability of the new coalition in Madrid and its wider impact on EU politics, as well as the implications of Sanchez's victory for next year's European Parliament elections. Later in the episode, we discuss the EU-Mercosur trade negotiations in an exclusive interview with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and POLITICO's trade expert Camille Gijs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Political deadlock in Spain is over. After a snap, inconclusive general election in the summer,

1:24.7

not everyone believed that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez would manage to

1:28.4

form a coalition and stay in power. But he did.

1:32.1

A don't Pedro Sanchez as president of the government.

1:37.3

What did it take? A long time, painful negotiations, an amnesty for hundreds of Catalan

1:43.8

separatists, a spot with Brussels,

1:46.4

and just last weekend, mass protests in Madrid and other cities across the country.

1:53.2

Pedro Sanchez will remain Prime Minister for his second term, but at what price?

2:01.4

I'm Suzanne Lynch.

2:03.1

On this episode of EU Confidential, we discussed the turmoil in Spanish politics and its spillover into Brussels, which could affect next year's European Parliament elections.

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