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The right is celebrated, the left is organized: thus the policy in Spain reacts to the electoral advancement

The opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who had been demanding early elections for months, stressed that "we will finally vote and Spain will be able to choose the country it wants to be." His People's Party leads the polls and, for him, the elections "go from Spain to win Sanchez and what it represents." From the ultra-rightwing Vox, on the other hand, they chose to shake unwavering doubts about the vote by mail, while the minority formations of the left rush dialogues for a possible alliance.

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Ruth Ferrero: "Pedro Sánchez's intention is to take advantage of street mobilization"

Spain is heading for an early general election after the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced the dissolution of the Cortes and the call for elections for November 29. The decision comes after the parliamentary rejection of the Executive-led housing decrees, amid increasing social pressure for access to affordable housing. The electoral advance coincides with mobilizations and protests in different cities of the country, where thousands of people have called for more forceful action in the face of the housing crisis. Ruth Ferrero,

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Eight years of Pedro Sánchez: how has your Government been?

Pedro Sánchez has marked one of the most intense political stages of recent Spain. He came to power in 2018 after a motion of censure that put an end to the Government of Mariano Rajoy. After more than eight years at the head of the executive, Sánchez has called early elections on November 29, 2026, putting his legacy and continuity in the hands of the voters.

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Did Spain approve a plan to relocate irregular migrants from Ceuta in Barcelona?

An alleged screenshot of an alleged El País web article would report on plans by the Pedro Sánchez government to relocate irregular migrants who are in Ceuta, in cities such as Barcelona or Girona. However, this is a disinformation that was viruled on social networks. Neither the Spanish government reported a similar measure nor the Spanish newspaper published the news; the image uses the technique of supplanting identity.

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Spain: Pedro Sánchez calls for early elections on November 29 · Global Voices

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.

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The new normality of meteorology

Spain must prepare the population and extend the culture of self-protection to deal with situations of intense, increasingly common rains

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How to make a scientist's dream come true

Get a unique device to advance the study of a unique disease, return to Spain after three minutes of research abroad... The Ramón Areces Foundation is 50 years old, promoting with programmes and scholarships the work of the hundreds of science professionals

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Pedro Sánchez advances the elections in Spain to November 29 after the parliamentary setback for housing

The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, decided to advance the general elections to November 29, after his executive suffered a new parliamentary setback with the rejection of his housing measures. The call ends the intention to exhaust the legislature until 2027 and opens a campaign marked by the housing crisis, the lack of support for the coalition government and the advance of the right and the extreme right.

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"We need a wider majority": Spain moves the elections forward to November 29

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.

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Report from Barcelona: Pedro Sánchez calls for early elections in Spain

Spain is heading for an early general election after the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced the dissolution of the Cortes and the call for elections on November 29. The decision comes after the parliamentary defeat of the Executive-led housing decrees, in a context of growing social concern about access to housing. From Barcelona, our correspondent Elise Gazengel gives us more details.