Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls a snap election after housing protests
The move follows mounting pressure over the country’s housing crisis
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The move follows mounting pressure over the country’s housing crisis
Despite never winning enough votes to form a majority government, he has cobbled together a series of fragile and seemingly impossible coalitions, including voices from the far-left to the...
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to th...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced early elections after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country’s housi...
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country’s ho...
PM says vote will take place on 29 November after parliament rejected two of his government’s emergency relief measures The conservative People’s Party is very pleased with the announcement...
On Friday, lawmakers rejected the emergency measures presented by the prime minister in an attempt to stem the anger and nationwide protests over the housing issue.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez brings elections forward to November 29 after Congress rejected two decrees aimed at addressing the crisis
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early election for Nov. 29 after parliament rejected a housing plan last week that his government had hoped would quell mounting social protes...
Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap election amid public frustration over migration and a housing affordability crisis. Although a vote had been scheduled for 2...
Move to hold vote on November 29 comes after government defeat on legislation aimed at ending housing crisis
SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap election days after 500,000 people took to the streets to protest a housing crisis. Sweeping demonstrations were triggered by the evic...
SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap election following protests which saw 500,000 people take to the streets. The sweeping demonstrations were triggered by the eviction o...
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Madrid and other cities in Spain on Saturday to demand affordable housing.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called a snap election for Nov. 29, seeking to bolster his mandate after parliament rejected key housing decrees following widespread...
The vote will be held November 29.
An election defeat would spell the end of one of Europe's last few left-leaning governments
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to th...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced early elections after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country’s housi...
Political crisis over housing started last month with the eviction of an 87-year-old woman with a disability
Sanchez calls an early vote after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government.
Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has called an early election as the country grapples with a housing crisis.
With housing topping voters’ concerns, the prime minister is hoping the affordability crisis can help him defy the polls and extend his time in power.
Sánchez spent the weekend in consultations, seeking to capitalise politically on Spain's growing housing crisis, while a migration crisis in Ceuta and corruption cases involving figures clo...
Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap election for next month.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called an early election for 29 November after a fragmented parliament rejected his government's housing measures last week.
MADRID, Oct 5 - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called an early election for November 29 on Monday, in a bid to strengthen his mandate after a fragmented parliament rejected the govern...
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