Socialist Party leader Pedro Sánchez Sánchez seeks to form new government
A protester is detained by police outside the Spanish Socialist Party’s headquarters in Madrid on Tuesday. Photograph: Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press/APIn recent days, demonstrators have gathered each night outside the headquarters of the Socialist Party in Madrid to protest against its negotiation of an amnesty law that would benefit hundreds of
The Together for Catalonia party of former regional president Carles Puigdemont is still locked in talks with Socialist representatives on the content of the law. The discussions have been held in Belgium, where Mr Puigdemont has been living since leading the independence bid six years ago. He is among those expected to benefit from the amnesty.
That followed similar demonstrations in Madrid and other parts of Spain over the last week, during which Socialist Party buildings were vandalised and daubed with graffiti. Another protest in Madrid was planned for Wednesday night.