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Now playing Next Spain Rally in Barcelona against plan to grant Catalan separatists an amnesty Right-wing officials joined a mass rally in Barcelona on Sunday to protest plans to grant jailed Catalan separatists an amnesty. 08/10/2023
Now playing Next Spain Spain: King Felipe VI asks Pedro Sánchez to form a new government The proposal of the task comes just a week after right-wing opposition Alberto Núñez Feijóo failed in his bid to do so. 03/10/2023
Now playing Next Spain Why Spain's conservatives are unlikely to come into power despite win Two months after elections in Spain, right-wingers have a chance to form a new government this week. But is their attempt doomed to fail? 26/09/2023
Now playing Next Spain Spanish People's Party supporters rally against Catalan amnesty bill The show of force followed repeated calls from party representatives for disaffected Socialists to support Feijóo's investiture to impede Sánchez from striking a deal with the separatists. 24/09/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Member states snub Sánchez's plan to make Catalan an EU language Member states of the European Union have poured cold water over an ambitious request made by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. 19/09/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Catalan separatist leader demands amnesty to back Sánchez government Exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has asked for amnesty and an end to all legal proceedings against Catalan separatists in exchange for his support to back a new left-wing coalition government led by Pedro Sánchez. 05/09/2023
Now playing Next Brussels, my love? Brussels, my love? EU Climate commissioner steps down On this edition of Brussels, my love? we ask what problems EU climate plans could face following the departure of Commissioner Frans Timmerman and whether Spanish regional languages including Catalan, Galician and Euskera can become official EU languages. 02/09/2023
Now playing Next Europe Decoded Can Basque, Catalan and Galician really become EU languages? Having an additional official EU language can result in a hefty price tag for the union's institutions. 24/08/2023
Now playing Next Spain Spain: Pedro Sánchez's socialist candidate wins key parliament vote In an eleventh-hour deal, socialist candidate Francina Armengol secured the backing of the hard-line wing of Catalan independence and was elected parliament Speaker. 17/08/2023
Now playing Next Spain Why has PM Sanchez's secret Moroccan holiday infuriated Spain? There has been a last-minute change in Pedro Sánchez's holiday destination that no one knew about. He is now strolling the streets of Marrakech while the opposition recalls recent controversial concessions made to Rabat. 04/08/2023
Now playing Next Brussels, my love? Brussels, my love? Brussels disects the Spanish elections In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we discuss the recent Spanish elections that ended with what appears to be a political stalemate with the lack of an absolute majority leaving the nation and the continent asking, what happens next? 29/07/2023
Now playing Next Spain Could a Catalan separatist party join a coalition government in Spain? It may be possible for Puigdemont to acts as the kingmaker, but Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his leftist PSOE party has always ruled out helping Catalonia's separatists. 25/07/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Election has left Spain in political disarray. What could happen next? The Spanish general election was expected to be a bellwether for the political direction of the European Union as a whole. 24/07/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Spanish elections: Uncertainty hangs over future government The right-wing bloc which was expected to win, only secured 169 seats. The left-wing bloc won 153 seats - both falling far from an absolute majority. 24/07/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Spain's Conservative Party wins election but short of majority Sunday's general election results in Spain have created uncertainty with regards to the future of the next government - causing a possible deadlock. 23/07/2023
Now playing Next Spain Spaniards vote in election that may see another EU country swing right Voters in Spain withstood soaring summer temperatures to vote Sunday in a general election that could make the country the latest European Union member to swing to the political right. 23/07/2023
Now playing Next Europe News Spain set for economic & social change if conservatives win election Spanish people will go to the polls on Sunday, as Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez bids to maintain power. 21/07/2023
Now playing Next Spain Voter fraud claims rife on social media ahead of Spain election Days before Spain holds its general election on Sunday, misleading claims have been spreading on social media. The Cube took a closer look at what's true and what's false. 21/07/2023