Madrid, Oct. 5 -- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called an early general election on November 29 after the parliament rejected two government decrees geared towards tackling the country's housing crisis.
The measures were voted down in Congress on Friday despite last-minute negotiations to secure enough support. Sanchez spent the weekend consulting ministers and senior figures in his Socialist Party (PSOE) before announcing his decision in a televised address on Monday.
Sanchez said his government needed to "renew and broaden people's support" to push through its reforms. He called for "a broader progressive majority" capable of overcoming what he described as resistance from the elites.
His left-wing coalition, comprising the ...