Sanchez wins Spanish parliament's backing for new term as PM

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets with NASA administrator Bill Nelson (not pictured), at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's lower house of parliament on Thursday voted to make Pedro Sanchez prime minister for another term by a wafer-thin margin, ending a protracted deadlock after an inconclusive general election in July.

His Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) had reached separate deals with a number of regional parties to earn their backing, including a contentious bill on amnesty for Catalan separatists that has sparked protests across Spain.