SPAIN: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s candidate for the Parliament’s chamber speaker won the vote for the position in Mr Sanchez’s first trial in the newly elected house and raises the possibility for a new government headed by the Socialist Party leader.

Francina Armengol won with the support of 14 votes from two pro-Catalonia independence parties, including seven from Junts (Together) which is led by fugitive politician Carles Puigdemont, who resides in Brussels after fleeing Spain following his unsuccessful 2017 secession bid.