Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Monday the decision to set up early parliamentary elections. The Spaniards will go to urn on November 29.
A direct impulse to accelerate the elections was the government's failure in Congress. On 2 October, Sánchez's number cabinet failed to rise adequate votes for a package of solutions to alleviate the housing crisis. The proposed provisions included, inter alia, limiting the anticipation of eviction. However, the task did not find support either among opposition groups or parts of parties that had previously supported the government.
History of 87-year-old Abascal
The issue of housing availability for respective weeks is 1 of the most crucial social problems in Spain. As of 23 September, mass demonstrations have been taking place in many cities, during which protesters request action to facilitate citizens' access to housing and to curb the increase in rental costs.
Among another things, the case of the 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal caused large excitement. The female rented an flat in Madrid for more than 7 decades, but after a change of owner of the premises she found herself in a very hard situation. The property was taken over by an investment fund, defined by the Spanish media and any politicians as the alleged vulture fund. utilizing the current regulations, the fresh owner raised the monthly rent from around 500 to 1650 euros. The fresh rate proved to be higher than the benefit the elder female received as part of her pension.
Its past has become 1 of the symbols of the wider problem of rising rental prices and the availability of housing in Spain.
Sánchez's uncertain position
Pedro Sánchez has served as Prime Minister since June 2018. His political position, however, was based from the beginning on a complicated parliamentary arrangement. The politician managed to keep power through cooperation with leftist groups and the support of Catalan and Basque nationalist parties and independence. specified a deal meant that all time a majority was sought for key draft laws.
Early elections mean shortening the current word of office. If they had taken place on an earlier schedule, the Spaniards would not have voted in about a year. Sánchez argued that the fresh elections should give the government a stronger mandate and wider support for his programme.
At the same time, the Prime Minister pointed out that his cabinet had a number of achievements. Among the challenges he mentioned, among others, the consequences of the war in Ukraine and tensions in the mediate East. 1 of the most crucial successes of the government was the maintenance of economical growth.
