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jmetaB036ac8d22cd3e5d3064ae5490e3a49a34f9c28e9498329ac99b33dbc32c6e68559@3e91da6efcff989809c61111df8cb55d54bb6584fe5afb333c986f52bd1bcab9rss.itemmetarss.netMo<item><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2Fdc205939-3600-4930-9795-0d7bc43a1bb3.jpg?crop=5000%2C2813%2C0%2C260&resize=1200" /><div><div><p>The separatist parties that have been in power in Catalonia for a decade have lost their majority after the regional election on Sunday.</p><p>The Socialist party of the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, won the greatest number of seats and has become the only party capable of ­heading a coalition government, albeit with the help of separatists. The separatist party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), which led the regional government before the vote, dropped to third place but won the role of kingmaker.</p><p>The snap election — called because the ERC failed to pass a budget — took place amid a political crisis in Spain. Sánchez is facing the continued fallout from a corruption ­investigation into his wife and a <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/spanish-prime-ministers-catalan-deal-despicable-says-author-03v6mwqnt">controversial deal with the separatist</a></p></div></div>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 22:15:00 GMT</pubDate><link><![CDATA[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/separatists-lose-their-majority-in-catalonia-as-socialists-win-most-seats-00bk0ldbv]]></link><dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Separatists lose their majority in Catalonia as Socialists win most seats]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/separatists-lose-their-majority-in-catalonia-as-socialists-win-most-seats-00bk0ldbv]]></guid></item>