Spain’s Sánchez calls snap election amid national housing crisis – Europe live

<p>PM says vote will take place on 29 November after parliament rejected two of his government’s emergency relief measures</p><p><strong>The conservative People’s Party is very pleased with the announcement.</strong></p><p><strong>“At last,”</strong> they say on their X, with a slick election video – set to the EU’s anthem “Ode to Joy” – to go along with it.</p><p><strong>Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap election for 29 November,</strong> just days after rightwing parties blocked his minority government’s emergency measures on housing amid widespread protests (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/05/europe-spain-pedro-sanchez-election-housing-france-school-protests-ukraine-russia-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6ac34d298f085bd691f923b2#block-6ac34d298f085bd691f923b2">9:10</a>).</p><p><strong>The election will take place on Sunday, 29 November,</strong> the earliest possible date procedurally.</p><p>In a fierce address, <strong>Sánchez framed the election as choice between “regressing” under a “far-right coalition” or “keeping moving forward” with his progressive administration</strong> (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/05/europe-spain-pedro-sanchez-election-housing-france-school-protests-ukraine-russia-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6ac34bad8f08733ed3bf1feb#block-6ac34bad8f08733ed3bf1feb">9:04</a>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/05/europe-spain-pedro-sanchez-election-housing-france-school-protests-ukraine-russia-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6ac34d0a8f085bd691f923b1#block-6ac34d0a8f085bd691f923b1">9:09</a>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/05/europe-spain-pedro-sanchez-election-housing-france-school-protests-ukraine-russia-latest-news-