# Housing protest boost prompts Spain’s left-wing leader to call snap election

https://mins.news/en/video/87182

- DW News, 2026-10-05 23:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96kesnekdaI

> Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced snap elections after center-right and far-right lawmakers defeated a package aimed at tackling the country’s worsening housing crisis. Support for the measures had boosted Sanchez’s popularity as scandals damaged the reputation of his Socialist Party.

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