Spain: Controversial amnesty law fails in parliament. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez governs Madrid with the support of the Catalan regional party.
In return, they demand an amnesty for separatists. A draft law did not go far enough for the Catalans. The law will now go back to a parliamentary committee and can be changed again there. The amnesty is intended to benefit in particular hundreds of activists who were persecuted by the Spanish justice system after the failed secession. The background to the controversial amnesty law is the failed attempt to secede Catalonia from Spain in 2017.