Spain's Prime Minister Calls Snap Election After Housing Reform Defeat
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a November 29 election following the failure of his minority government to pass housing measures, with polls showing his Socialist Party trailing the opposition.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Spain will hold a snap parliamentary election on 29 November after his Socialist minority government could not secure approval for a series of housing-crisis measures in the Congress on Friday. The defeat prompted Sánchez to dissolve parliament and set the election date.
Polls indicate the Socialist Party is behind the centre-right People's Party, which is expected to seek a coalition with the far-right Vox party. In his announcement, Sánchez warned of an "extreme-right wave" emerging in other countries and urged that Spain remain a model of "peace, feminism and prosperity".
BBC correspondent Guy Hedgecoe reported on the development.