Spain: Pedro Sánchez's socialist candidate wins crucial vote for control of parliament
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.
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00:00 Spain's newly elected parliament has voted by a majority to elect a socialist candidate
00:06 as chamber speaker, breathing some life into acting socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's
00:11 aspirations of forming another leftist government.
00:24 The candidate got the full support of left-wing parties and nationalists, including Junts.
00:30 In exchange for Junts' support, the socialist promised to promote co-official languages
00:34 in Congress, an investigation into the Pegasus case, and measures to "end the repression
00:40 when it comes to the illegal referendum in Catalonia".
00:44 At last month's general election, no political group had an easy path to form a government.
00:49 Left and right-wing parties had almost the same number of seats and will therefore also
00:53 need support from other parties.
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