the Vote is the first major defeat of Pedro Sánchez, the socialist minority government.
It was the two Catalan separatistpartierna, which is vågmästare in parliament, which demanded changes in the budget and the negotiations on Catalonia’s independence, which finally did the thumbs down for the budget.
Image 1 of 2 , the Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez. Photo: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP Slide 2 of 2 Photo: PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU Slideshow
Pedro Sánchez had ahead of the vote, warned that a no would lead to a new election, something which, according to El País can be held already in the end of april.
It would mean that the government leaves at the beginning of march, the magazine writes.
the ERC announced last week that they would submit amendments to the budget in parliament unless prime minister Pedro Sánchez went along with their demands to move towards increased independence for Catalonia.
the ERC, the Catalan independence party, demanded that it would be formally authorized a referendum on independence in Catalonia.
