Spain PM pins hopes on housing crisis to help win snap election
Calling of a snap election was not a knee-jerk reaction from Pedro Sánchez but a carefully thought-out manoeuvre, Guy Hedgecoe reports from Madrid.
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05.10.2026
Spain calls snap election amid housing crisis
Mounting anger over Spain’s housing crisis have led Prime Minister Sanchez to call an early election on November 29
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05.10.2026
Protests in France and Spain appear disparate but core issues are the same
In both countries young people believe they have been denied the socioeconomic security that previous generation enjoyedEurope live – latest updatesIn Spain, tens of thousands of people in 50 cities h
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05.10.2026
Spain: 'Mini-hurricane' kills at least two people in Catalonia
Two people have died and another is missing after heavy rains and flooding in Spain's Catalonia region, authorities said on Sunday.
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05.10.2026
Spain's prime minister calls early elections as pressure mounts over housing crisis
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country's housing crisi
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05.10.2026
How Spain's housing crisis has resulted in an early general election
his series of measures to tackle the housing crisis was defeated in parliament on Friday
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05.10.2026
Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez calls snap election amid housing crisis
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap election for November 29.
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05.10.2026
Spain's prime minister calls early elections as pressure mounts over housing crisis
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 housing crisis
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05.10.2026
Spain’s Prime Minister Sanchez Calls Snap Elections
The socialist leader said that he would dissolve congress, with elections for the lower house to be held on Nov. 29.
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05.10.2026
Spain’s Sánchez calls snap election amid national housing crisis – Europe live
PM says vote will take place on 29 November after parliament rejected two of his government’s emergency relief measuresSanchez says “to do more, we need to renew and expand public support” for the “de
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05.10.2026
Spain protests flare after housing bill rejected: Will it cause snap poll?
Measures pushed by Spain's leftist government fail to pass parliament as the protests spread.
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aljazeera.com
04.10.2026
Yamal scores stunning goal in Spain’s 3-1 Nations League win over Czechia
Lamine Yamal is the first player to score within the first 10 minutes of each of three consecutive men's football games.
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04.10.2026
Tens of thousands protest in Spain after failed housing reforms
Latest demonstrations deepen a days-long crisis after parliament struck down two affordable housing decrees.
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03.10.2026
‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain
Demonstrators take to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities after new legislation fails to passTens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities as
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03.10.2026
Tens of thousands protest against Spain's housing crisis
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Spanish cities in protest at the country's housing crisis in the wake of the forcible eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal.
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03.10.2026
Fresh protests over housing flare in Spain after lawmakers reject relief measures
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Madrid and other cities in Spain on Saturday to demand affordable housing, fuelled by anger at lawmakers who narrowly rejected measures put forward by the go
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france24.com
03.10.2026
Will Spain's housing crisis lead to a snap election?
The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe is in Madrid, where a series of marches have been scheduled, after Spain's Congress rejected measures aimed at tackling the country's housing crisis.
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bbc.co.uk
03.10.2026
Protesters across Spain demand action over housing crisis
More than 50 protests are planned to take place on Saturday after the government failed to get emergency legislation through parliament.
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bbc.co.uk
03.10.2026
Floods sweep cars through streets after intense rain in Spain
Floodwaters swept cars through Madrigueras, Spain, after near-record rainfall. One woman was killed and 90 rescued.
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aljazeera.com
03.10.2026
Spain's parliament rejects housing bill as protests continue
Spain's minority government suffered defeat in parliament as it tried to push through a pair of emergency measures aimed at making housing more affordable. A pensioner's eviction and protests led to t
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02.10.2026