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Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez calls snap election after housing legislation fails to pass

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Election called after rightwing parties voted down emergency legislation aimed at tackling housing crisis Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has announced a snap general election three days after rightwing parties torpedoed the emergency legislation his minority government had put forward in response to growing public anger over the country’s housing crisis. Sánchez, who has been in office since 2018,…

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