Spain calls snap election for Nov 29 after parliament rejects housing decree
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced a snap election for Nov 29 after facing intense pressure from public protests over a housing crisis across the country and after parliament rejected his decree aimed at tackling the crisis. The announcement came less than 72 hours after Sánchez's government failed to win parliamentary approval for two housing-related decrees intended to ease public pressure over Spain's housing crisis. Speaking at a televised press conference from the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Sánchez said it was time for Spaniards to decide what kind of future they wanted for themselves and their country, and acknowledged that his government had made mistakes and had not yet achieved everything it set out to do. Hundreds of people have camped out for days in Puerta del Sol square in central Madrid to protest the housing crisis that is hitting the country hard, and the demonstrations have spread to cities across Spain over the past week.