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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
Forgiving politicians and protesters would give caretaker premier the parliamentary support to stay in power
Madrid to prioritise Catalan after ministers reject request to also include Basque and Galician
STC’s move on Spanish company marks latest foray by state-owned Gulf groups into Europe
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Pro-independence politician sets high price as acting PM Pedro Sánchez explores coalition pacts
Unanimous move leaves game’s national president even more isolated as prosecutors consider action
Luis Rubiales attacks ‘false feminism’ amid torrent of criticism over his embrace of Jenni Hermoso after victory in final
People’s party attempt to take office in late September is expected to fail and pass initiative to PM Sánchez
Acting prime minister secures enough votes to elect his candidate as Speaker of Congress
Failure by PP to win Spanish election outright raises prospect of capital’s ‘mini-Thatcher’ taking over party
Election losers include the hard-right Vox party and separatists in Catalonia
The results offered an insight into how voting changes once climate change becomes a ‘now’ problem: it doesn’t
Inconclusive election result stands in way of need to reduce Madrid’s budget deficit and advance other reforms in Brussels
Simply by abstaining, the seven MPs of Together for Catalonia could help Socialists stay in power
Poor result for hard-right Vox is positive for the country’s democracy
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
No party like Vox has been in government since Franco’s era but things may be different after Sunday’s election
Spanish foreign minister warns of ‘very significant unbalancing’ in the bloc
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