# Spain PM pins hopes on housing crisis to win snap election

https://mins.news/en/item/86950

- BBC News, 2026-10-05 19:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5yn81qqde0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a 29 November snap election after his government’s housing measures were narrowly rejected, confirming that his left-wing coalition no longer held a majority. The move is portrayed as carefully planned, giving Sánchez a campaign issue to rally the left amid corruption allegations, the Ceuta migration crisis and polls showing the Socialists behind the PP.

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