Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez's new term got off to a stormy start after he clinched the support in parliament of two Catalan separatist parties in exchange for a controversial amnesty for hundreds of people in legal trouble over Catalonia's failed bit to secure independence.
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00:00 A sea of Spanish flags on the streets of Madrid on Sunday as thousands of people stepped out
00:05 to protest the government's planned amnesty deal with Catalan separatists.
00:09 Hundreds of independent supporters were facing prosecution, prison terms and other penalties
00:14 for backing the region's bid to break away from Spain.
00:18 It marked the third such rally organised by the Conservative People's Party since the
00:22 end of September.
00:23 Speaking at the demonstration, its leader Alberto Núñez-Fejo slammed socialist Prime
00:28 Minister Pedro Sánchez's initiative that secured him a new term.
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