Spain: Pedro Sánchez's socialist candidate wins crucial vote for control of parliament

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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.

00:56 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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