Pedro Sánchez, the Head of the Spanish Government, addressed the plenary session of the European Parliament on Wednesday 16 January with a pro-European speech with a very social focus.
After a brief introduction on Spain's European past, Mr Sánchez began his speech by commenting on the British House of Commons' rejection, the day before, of the agreement on an orderly exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (see EUROPE 12172). He regretted that the "best possible...