Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announces snap election

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Sanchez calls early vote after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced a snap general election after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government.

Sanchez said on Monday that the vote would take place on November 29.

The government’s defeat in parliament on Friday was the latest in a series of political setbacks for the centre-left leader and was followed by mass protests across the country over the housing crisis.

The Spanish government said over 70,000 protesters took part in a housing protest in Madrid on Saturday.

Anger had been building since late last month, when an 87-year-old woman, Marai del Carmen Abascal, was evicted from her home of 70 years in Madrid after an international investment fund bought her building and increased the rent.

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