Spain’s socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections this morning after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country’s housing crisis.
In recent weeks, Spaniards have demanded solutions from the government over housing affordability, holding protests in cities across the country after public outrage grew over the televised eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid last month.
Right-wing opposition parties joined forces to scuttle two emergency decrees in Parliament that included measures to reduce evictions and real estate speculation. The setback had sparked rumours that Mr Sánchez could consider moving forward a national
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