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Spain’s parliament to give final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia’s separatists

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By JOSEPH WILSON and TERESA MEDRANO
Associated Press

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Parliament is expected to give the final approval to a controversial amnesty law for hundreds of Catalan separatists involved in the illegal and unsuccessful 2017 secession bid. The legislation is backed by Spain’s left-wing coalition government, two Catalan separatist parties, and other smaller parties. It is expected to pass despite the conservative Popular Party and far-right Vox voting against it. The amnesty should benefit former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont and hundreds others. Puigdemont is a fugitive from Spanish law in Belgium after fleeing his country following the failed breakaway bid that he led.

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