Spain’s prime minister secures his job, at a high cost
An amnesty for separatists may calm some Catalans, but it infuriates other Spaniards
A BUS MARKED “Sánchez traitor” driving past the Prado. Talk of a “coup” and a “dictatorship through the back door”. Boisterous protests every night in front of the Socialist party headquarters. Spain is seeing its biggest constitutional clash in years. And it is not likely to end soon.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Spaniards on the verge of a nervous breakdown ”
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