Spain’s Sanchez calls snap election amid growing housing protests

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a snap election after facing mounting pressure from mass protests over the country’s housing crisis.

Sánchez called the early election for November 29 during a televised speech to the nation from the Palace of Moncloa, his official residence in Madrid.

“The time has come for the Spanish people to decide what future they want for themselves and for their country,” Sánchez said.

The announcement comes less than 72 hours after Sánchez’s government failed to secure parliamentary backing for two housing-related royal decree laws aimed at easing mounting public pressure over Spain’s housing crisis.

For days hundreds of people have camped out in Madrid’s central Puerta del Sol to protest the housing crisis gripping the country.

Demonstrations calling for measures to address the housing emergency have also spread to cities across Spain over the past week

西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯在面临来自民众对该国住房危机日益增长的抗议压力后，宣布提前举行大选。

桑切斯在马德里蒙克洛亚宫（他的官邸）向全国发表电视讲话，宣布将于 11 月 29 日提前举行大选。

桑切斯说：“现在是西班牙人民决定他们自己和国家想要怎样的未来的时候了。”

就在桑切斯政府未能获得议会支持两项与住房相关的皇家法令（旨在缓解西班牙住房危机日益加剧的公众压力）不到 72 小时后，这一消息便传来。

连日来，数百人一直在马德里市中心的太阳门广场露营，抗议席卷​​全国的住房危机。

过去一周，呼吁采取措施解决住房危机的示威活动也蔓延到西班牙各地城市。