The Republicans should take it.
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The social democrat makes concessions to separatists and the far left, but he is still three votes short.
Oriol Junqueras and Quim Torra hear opposite decisions but are victims of the same unjust system.
Far from reining in the independence movement, Spain has radicalized it.
Spain’s Pedro Sánchez has the support of the left. Now he needs to woo Catalonia’s separatists.
Spain has prevented three former Catalan ministers from taking their seats in the European Parliament.
The Socialists need to do a deal with either the conservatives or the Catalans. So they insult both.
You can’t return sixteen parties to Congress and not expect them to compromise.
Catalan and other regional parties hold the balance of power.
They keep trying to outflank the far right and failing.