Spain's Sánchez calls snap election after parliament rejects housing legislation
October 5, 2026 at 08:30 AM · Updated 11d ago
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تحالفات هشة وأزمات متلاحقة.. كيف صمد سانشيز في رئاسة الحكومة الإسبانية؟
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محللون: سانشيز قامر بالانتخابات المبكرة لتجاوز الشلل البرلماني
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Spain PM pins hopes on housing crisis to help win snap election
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سانشيز يدعو لانتخابات مبكرة في إسبانيا بعد أزمة السكن، فلماذا تعثرت تدابير الحكومة؟
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In both France and Spain, ruling parties must prove they can give young protesters hope
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Did eviction of an 87-year-old trigger snap election in Spain?
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كيف دفعت أزمة السكن إسبانيا إلى انتخابات مبكرة؟
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How Spain's housing crisis has resulted in an early general election
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Spain PM Sánchez calls early election after housing protests
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على خلفية الاحتجاجات.. رئيس وزراء إسبانيا يعلن حل البرلمان ويدعو لانتخابات مبكرة
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إسبانيا تتجه لانتخابات مبكرة في 29 نوفمبر.. سانشيز يعلن حل البرلمان
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Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez calls snap election after housing legislation fails to pass
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Spanish PM Sánchez calls November election amid growing housing protests
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Spain’s Pedro Sanchez announces snap election amid housing crisis
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عاجل.. رئيس الوزراء الإسباني يدعو إلى انتخابات مبكرة
(opens the publisher’s site)Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has dissolved parliament and called an early general election for 29 November after lawmakers rejected his housing legislation.
- The conservative People's Party, Vox, and Junts voted down the government's emergency housing decrees in congress on Friday.
- Sánchez said in a televised address that Spain needed to renew its support and win a larger progressive majority in parliament.
- He acknowledged his government had made mistakes and fallen short of previous campaign promises.
- Authorities said more than 70,000 people joined a housing protest in Madrid on Saturday, while organisers put attendance at 500,000.
- Sánchez warned against an 'extreme-right wave' and urged Spain to remain an example of 'peace, feminism and prosperity.'
- Polls show Sánchez's Socialist party trailing the conservative People's Party, which may seek to govern with Vox.
- The housing crisis behind the election was sparked by the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen from her Madrid home of 70 years over a rent increase.
- Sánchez called the vote more than six months before it was due under Spain's usual electoral calendar.
- Tens of thousands of demonstrators in about 50 Spanish cities protested against soaring rents and housing speculation.
- Sánchez's government also faces corruption scandals and an immigration crisis in Ceuta as it heads toward the election.