Demonstrators hold an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) as members of Catalan protest group Democratic Tsunami block the AP-7 highway in Girona, Spain November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's ruling Socialists courted Catalan separatists on Thursday, as they began the tough process of winning enough support in a fragmented parliament to sustain a coalition government with the far-left Unidas Podemos party.
Socialist acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez won an election on Sunday. But his 120 seats, combined with the 35 won by Podemos, leave them short of a majority in the 350-seat parliament, giving the 13 elected lawmakers of the left-wing separatist ERC party a potential kingmaker role in unblocking the political stalemate in Madrid.
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