The international press echoes this Thursday in the digital versions of its newspapers the re-election of Pedro Sánchez as president of the government of Spain and who more or less highlights the price to pay for the socialist leader to the independentists who have allowed it: the amnesty law.
The New York Times, for example, headlines that Pedro Sánchez gets a new mandate “to lead a divided Spain” and explains that “the socialist prime minister won a parliamentary vote only after promising amnesty to Catalan separatists, which angered the conservatives.”
The British newspaper The Guardian is the website that places the news most prominently and points out that “Sánchez wins a second term as prime minister after the Catalan amnesty agreement,” which it describes as “a controversial decision to secure the support of the Catalan separatists.” .
The Financial Times of London indicates that “Sánchez wins his second term as the commotion over the amnesty grows”
In France, center-left Le Monde highlights that the exchange of investiture for amnesty has taken place and the socialist Pedro Sánchez has been re-elected by Parliament for a new term at the head of the Spanish government. The French newspaper also indicates that all parliamentary forces, with the exception of the Popular Party (PP, right), Vox (extreme right) and the representative of a Navarrese regional party (UPN, right) voted in favor of his investiture.
In turn, the conservative Le Figaro highlights that the socialist leader obtained the confidence of an absolute majority of 179 deputies in Parliament, in part thanks to the crucial support of the Catalan independence movement. These last two negotiated the decisive yes of their 14 deputies at a high price: that of the amnesty of some 300 colleagues who must answer in court for their responsibilities in the organization of the illegal self-determination referendum of October 1, 2017.
In Italy, La Repubblica - center-left - headlines “Sánchez elected president by absolute majority” and notes that the socialist leader, after giving the green light to the amnesty law, obtained the support of all the Catalan and Basque nationalist and independence forces.
The conservative Il Corriere della Sera, for its part, headlines “Pedro Sánchez, confirmed as prime minister for a third term” and adds that the socialist has obtained an absolute majority in the first vote after the agreement with the Catalan independentists.
The German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung emphasizes the return of the “lone fighter Sánchez” although it recognizes that “the price for this is high.” “The young Spanish democracy survived the coup attempt on February 23rd. 42 years later, Pedro Sánchez's political opponents gave the impression in the electoral debate that the PSOE, the oldest party in Spain, was liquidating the rule of law," explains the Frankfurt newspaper.
The Qatari channel Al Jazeera places the news in a very discreet way, but has dramatic headlines. “Electoral drama in Spain: Sánchez obtains support for a new mandate after the Catalan agreement.” “The Spanish socialist politician has obtained parliamentary support to become prime minister again, after reaching a controversial agreement with the Catalan separatists,” he adds.
