Europe's socialist leaders meet in Spain
The meeting came as the socialist Prime Ministers of both Spain and Portugal faced significant political challenges.
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00:00 Smiles and waves from the platform at the party of European Socialist Congress in Malaga,
00:07 Spain. PES welcomed the democratic coalition from Hungary as full-time members, delegates
00:12 from Kosovo, Serbia and Belarus attended as observers.
00:18 A warm welcome too for the host nation's Pedro Sanchez. The caretaker prime minister has
00:23 not been so popular on the domestic front. Violent clashes with the police followed his
00:28 party's decision to shore up the coalition they need to rule by offering amnesties to
00:33 Catalan separatists. There are also some divisions with the group on policy, with Sanchez and
00:39 Germany's Olaf Scholz not seeing eye to eye over responses to the Gaza crisis. The Congress
00:46 came days after Portugal's socialist prime minister Antonio Costa resigned as a corruption
00:51 investigation over energy contracts was opened, prompting snap elections.
00:58 (whooshing)