Sánchez Calls Snap Election After Housing Reform Block, Risking Spain Shift to Far Right
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 13
Sánchez Calls Snap Election After Housing Reform Block, Risking Spain Shift to Far Right
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 13
Summary
Next month’s snap election was triggered after Pedro Sánchez’s housing reform package was blocked in parliament by the conservative PP, far-right Vox and Catalan separatist Junts.
That defeat forced the Spanish prime minister into an early gamble that could end his Socialist-led government if the conservative and far-right bloc converts its polling lead into power.
Spain now joins a crowded year of European votes in France, Italy, Poland and elsewhere, where nationalist and far-right parties are positioned to expand or consolidate influence.
A rightward turn in Spain, alongside similar outcomes in other major EU states, could give those governments a blocking minority on deeper integration in finance, energy, defence and technology.