Thousands rally in Madrid against controversial amnesty deal for Catalonia’s separatists

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Civil society organisations rallied in Madrid on Saturday in protest against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who was reelected as prime minister by a highly fragmented parliament.

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00:00 Tens of thousands of people have protested in Madrid against the amnesty deal Prime Minister

00:05 Pedro Sánchez has made with Catalan separatists in return for their support.

00:11 Sánchez only managed to gain a second term in office by getting the votes of the Catalan

00:15 pro-independence parties.

00:17 Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont remains in exile in Belgium.

00:22 He faces criminal charges in Spain and is considered public enemy number one by many

00:27 Spaniards.

00:28 But if the amnesty goes ahead, he will be free to return.

00:32 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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