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Spain calls snap election amid housing crisis
Mounting anger over Spain’s housing crisis have led Prime Minister Sanchez to call an early election on November 29…
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Spain PM pins hopes on housing crisis to help win snap election
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Calling of a snap election was not a knee-jerk reaction from Pedro Sánchez but a carefully thought-out manoeuvre, Guy Hedgecoe reports from Madrid.
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- Reported by BBC News and published Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:30:50 UTC.
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