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Catalan Separatist ERC Leader Warns Against Repeat Elections

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Oriol Junqueras, President of the Catalan Separatist party the Republican Left of Catalonia, has warned Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez against gambling on a second snap election and called on Sanchez's center-left PSOE to build a coalition with Catalan parties.

  • According to Reuters, Junqueras said: "He wants to reach agreement to build an alternative to prevent a PP-Vox government and defend Catalonia’s interests."
  • Junqueras says, "socialists should not be tempted to repeat elections, we should not give another opportunity to a conservative government."
  • Junqueras says, "socialists will have to respect Catalonia if they want ERCs support to a potential investiture."
  • The surprise underperformance from the right at yesterday's election has opened to the door to Catalan political parties to leverage their strength as a potential coalition partner to the center left PSOE.
  • More from MNI's political risk team here: MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS-Underperformance Of The Right Raises Risk Of Paralysis, Snap Election

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