30-Oct-23: 'Spain's Socialists meet with former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont in Brussels'
Negotiations to reelect Pedro Sánchez as prime minister step up with senior Junts and Socialist party figures meeting in Belgium. Sánchez has backed an amnesty for pro-independence leaders involved in the 2017 referendum. Meanwhile, Esquerra Republicana say an agreement between them and the Socialists is still a long way off.
