Spain may be heading for a repeat of Sunday's inconclusive election unless Catalan separatist parties compromise on their demands for an independence referendum in exchange for their support.
"Junts x Catalunya" members raise up an "Estelada" flag as they celebrate the results of the European Parliament elections in Barcelona, Spain, May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photounless Catalan separatist parties compromise on their demands for an independence referendum in exchange for their support.
Unlike Junts, it has sometimes helped Sanchez pass legislation. To renew its support, it wants talks to harmonise relations, to cut the region's contributions to the national public purse, and to take control of the inter-city train system from the central government. But granting a referendum would be anathema for many Spaniards already angry at Sanchez's pardon of nine jailed leaders of the independence bid and for annulling the crime of sedition under which they were sentenced.
Sanchez on Monday told his party's board that he is sure he can avoid a repeat election because a deal will be struck, a Socialist source said. The prime minister has no immediate rush to make a move, the source and another source said. Isabel Rodriguez, spokesperson for the national acting government, said on Tuesday the government would only operate within the constitutional framework to address the Catalan conflict.
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