Spain’s Pedro Sánchez Launches Legislative Campaign Amid Maricarmen’s Death
More than 5,000 supporters heard Sánchez pledge stronger tenant protections as housing protests and voter anger shape Spain’s snap election campaign.
- On Saturday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez launched his campaign for the November 29 snap election in Dos Hermanas, drawing more than 5,000 supporters to the symbolic Socialist stronghold.
- The campaign rally centered on housing following the death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal, who died this week after her eviction from her home of 71 years.
- Government officials recently approved two housing decrees, including interest-free loans of up to €50,000 for first-time buyers, though they cautioned these measures would not independently resolve the crisis.
- Opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo launched his own rally in Madrid, arguing Spain needs "wholesale change" and criticizing Sánchez's management record.
- Unions have scheduled a general strike for November 11 to escalate pressure on housing and wages, while the electorate has grown by more than 19% since 2023.
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SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo have begun campaigning for the November 29 election.
Pedro Sanchez launched his election campaign for the November 29 elections in the so-called "lucky city" of Dos Hermanas, Seville, in front of around 5,000 people. The post Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez launches his election campaign with housing in focus appeared first on in.gr.
The Prime Minister called early elections after the social crisis triggered by the expulsion of the octogenary turned into a political crisis.
The socialist leader encourages the "union of small owners with tenants" to "end speculation"
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Spanish PM begins vote campaign overshadowed by housing protests
When 87-year-old Madrid pensioner Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her home two weeks ago, no one could have expected Spain was headed for upheaval that would bring forward a general election scheduled for 2027. The eviction of Abascal, who became the face of the country's chronic housing crisis, catalysed nationwide protests that piled pressure on Sanchez's left-wing coalition to present urgent decrees. But after the minority government fail…
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