Sanchez Chose 'Best Moment in a Sea of Troubles' to Call for Snap Election, Analyst Says
The vote follows protests over rising rents and a rejected housing package that included eviction limits and automatic lease renewals, officials said.
- On Monday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election for November 29, seeking to expand his parliamentary majority after lawmakers rejected his government's housing relief measures.
- Parliament's rejection of emergency decrees last week deepened the political crisis as protesters across Spain demanded action following the widely publicized eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal.
- Average rents have almost doubled over the past decade, while asking prices for homes have risen by about 90%, driving nationwide protests over the housing market's affordability.
- Popular Party leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo welcomed the announcement on Monday, claiming the government's failure on housing proves the administration is exhausted after eight years in office.
- Sanchez aims to frame the contest in classic left-versus-right terms, hoping his reputation as a political escape artist will help him overcome corruption scandals and polling deficits.
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The call for elections on 29 November has been published in the Official Bulletin. Clashes in Barcelona
Madrid. The president of the Spanish government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, announced yesterday the early call for general elections for November 29, in a maneuver that seeks to increase his parliamentary support after a fragmented Congress of Deputies rejected last week, with the votes of the right and ultra-right, two important decrees to address a housing crisis that has generated protests throughout the country.
It is clear that Pedro Sánchez knew himself president of an agonic government, plagued by systemic corruption, a permanent paralysis
Royal decree dissolves Congress, Senate as 54-day electoral process begins
Morning Bid: Spain to France: hold my cerveza - Regional Media News
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Just when markets thought Europe's political theatre could not get more crowded with the French fiscal drama, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election for November. Sanchez is trailing [...]
The Spanish premier dissolves the Houses after no to the decrees on housing crisis, early elections on November 29, but then claims: "We are the country that grows the most in Europe"
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