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Spanish Prime Minister Wants Catalan Pardons To Open "New Era"

"With this act, we want to open a new era of dialogue and reconciliation, and end once and for all the division and confrontation," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said.

22 June 2021 · 23:30 UTC

In pardoning nine Catalan separatists over the failed 2017 independence bid, Spain wants to end division and open a new chapter with the pro-independence government of Catalonia, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Tuesday.

"With this act, we want to open a new era of dialogue and reconciliation, and end once and for all the division and confrontation," he said.