Reuters: Biggest protest in Spain against Catalan amnesty law draws 170,000
About 170,000 people marched through Madrid on Saturday in the largest protest yet against an amnesty law which Spain's Socialists agreed over Catalonia's 2017 separatist bid in order to form a government.
The demonstration, the latest in a series of protests in cities across the country against the amnesty, took place two days after Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez won a four-year term with the backing of Catalan and Basque nationalist parties in return for agreeing to the law.
The Guardian: Rally held in Madrid against Catalan amnesty after Sánchez sworn in as Spanish PM
At least 170,000 people gathered in central Madrid for another large protest against the controversial Catalan amnesty law that has allowed Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, to secure a second term in office.
Sánchez was sworn in on Friday after winning an investiture vote the previous day that came almost four months after July’s inconclusive snap general election. Although the conservative People’s party (PP) narrowly beat Sánchez’s Spanish Socialist Workers party (PSOE) in the election, it was unable to secure the parliamentary support to form a government even with the backing of the far-right Vox party and other smaller groupings.
France 24:Thousands protest in Madrid over proposed amnesty for Catalan separatists
Around 170,000 people, according to police, gathered in Plaza de Cibeles in the heart of the Spanish capital in response to a call by right-wing leaders opposed to the amnesty plan.
Cries of "Sanchez, traitor", "Sanchez in jail" and "Catalonia is Spain" were shouted by protesters of all ages who carried Spanish and other European flags distributed by the European People's Party.
The New York Times: Hundreds of Thousands Protest Spanish Prime Minister’s Deal With Separatists
The deal, which grants amnesty to secessionists, is meant to give Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez enough support to form a coalition to stay in power.
Hundreds of thousands of incensed Spaniards responded to the call of conservative parties on Sunday and packed squares across the country to protest a deal that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, a Socialist, reached with secessionists to grant them amnesties in exchange for the political support required for him to retain power.
Al Jazeera: Large protests against Catalan amnesty deal in Madrid after PM sworn in
About 170,000 took to the streets, a day after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was sworn in for a second term.
Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through Madrid in opposition to a controversial Catalan amnesty law that enabled Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to form a government for a second term.
Sanchez’s Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) secured the backing of the Catalan separatist Junts party by offering amnesty to those linked to a botched bid for regional independence six years ago.
Financial Times: Mass protests over amnesty deal in Spain as hard-right condemns ‘coup’
Premier Pedro Sánchez is vilified over pact with Catalan separatists but says his opponents are heading for ‘abyss’.
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across Spain on Sunday to condemn Pedro Sánchez as anger mounts over the acting prime minister’s plan to offer an amnesty to Catalan separatists in order to stay in power.
The conservative opposition convened protests in 53 cities as Sánchez prepares to grant clemency to people involved in an unlawful 2017 push for Catalan independence, a deal that will deliver him the parliamentary votes he needs for another term.
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