MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's parliament voted to make Pedro Sanchez prime minister for another term on Thursday, ending a protracted deadlock after an inconclusive general election in July.
The PSOE-Socialist leader secured a majority of votes thanks to deals negotiated with minority parties, the most controversial being with Catalan separatists, to whom he
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Police barricaded the streets outside Spain's parliament in Madrid on the first day of an investiture debate and vote that has roused anger over acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's offer of an amnesty to Catalan separatists in return for supporting his bid for another term. Having won the backing of Catalan separatist parties Junts and Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) as well as several other regional parties, Sanchez’s Socialists (PSOE) say he has enough support to win a vote scheduled for Thursday.