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Spain will hold early general elections on 29 November following the decision of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to dissolve the Cortes. The announcement comes after the parliamentary defeat of the executive-led housing decrees, a situation that demonstrated the Government's difficulties in moving part of its legislative agenda forward.
Spain will hold early general elections on 29 November following the decision of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to dissolve the Cortes. The announcement comes after the parliamentary defeat of the executive-led housing decrees, a situation that demonstrated the Government's difficulties in moving part of its legislative agenda forward.
The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, announced on Monday the dissolution of the Cortes and the advance of the general elections, after the Congress of Deputies rejected on Friday two decrees promoted by the Executive with measures to alleviate the housing crisis. The elections will be on November 29, with a hypothetical coalition between the right and the ultra-right that takes advantage of the polls.
The president of the Spanish government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, announced on Monday the advance of the general elections to November 29. This following the rejection by the Congress of the deputies last Friday of the two decrees on housing in the midst of massive protests by tenants. The elections were initially scheduled for 2027. The polls anticipate a victory of the right-wing People's Party.
