Socialists win Catalan regional vote but separatists still aim to form minority government

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Spain's governing Socialist Party won a regional election in Catalonia on the 12th of May, snatching away separatist parties' majority. Despite that, Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has said he would seek to form a pro-independence minority government in the Spanish region, as both sides vie to build coalitions to govern.

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00:00 The Socialist Party of Catalonia, after 45 years of history,

00:05 for the first time has won the elections to the Catalan Parliament in votes and in seats.

00:12 Visca, visca, Catalunya Socialista!

00:16 Visca, visca, Catalunya Socialista!

00:19 President, president, president!

00:24 We have a mission.

00:26 We will win.

00:28 We will win.

00:34 We will win.

00:38 We will win.

00:42 We will win.

00:46 We will win.

00:50 We believe that there are options to go to the polls

00:55 and therefore I announce my intention to present my candidacy to the Presidency of the Generalitat in the debate on investment.

01:02 We are all equal economically, we all have the same problems

01:15 and I believe that this problem has already transcended.

01:18 We are in other things now.

01:21 Now what matters is not independence, what matters is whether a bottle of oil is worth 10 euros,

01:28 whether the train works.

01:30 I think they will fight until they get it.

01:38 Until they get it, they will not give up.

01:41 ... two... one...

01:44 ... capacity...

01:46 ... we will be very different...

01:48 ... we will be different...

01:50 ... we will be different...

01:52 (upbeat music)

01:54 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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