# Spain's 54-day election sprint

> Sánchez bets housing crisis can stop far-right from winning Spanish election.
- Title: Spain's 54-day election sprint · EUobserver | Shortify
- Summary: Sánchez bets housing crisis can stop far-right from winning Spanish election. Spain's prime minister calls snap elections for November 29 after housing…
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- Source: EUobserver — https://euobserver.com/241155/spains-54-day-sprint-to-the-polls-can-sanchezs-housing-gamble-stop-the-far-right-from-entering-into-government
- Published: 2026-10-05T15:29:55+00:00
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- Topics: spain, housing crisis, sanchez, election, far-right, spain election, politics, world
## Spain calls snap elections
Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez called snap elections for 29 November after years of budget failures, coalition instability, Ceuta crisis, corruption cases, and housing protests.
## Housing crisis sparks protests
Eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home after 70 years on 23 September prompted nationwide protests over Spain's housing crisis.
## Parliament rejects housing laws
Spain's lower house rejected two new housing decree-laws on Friday, with the centre-right People’s Party, far-right Vox, Catalan pro-independence party Junts, and Navarrese regional party UPN voting against them.
## Sánchez's housing gamble
Sánchez bets the housing crisis can become his election focus by pushing housing decrees through the Diputación Permanente, a 69-member committee that favors his coalition.
## 54-day election window
Spain faces a 54-day election sprint, the shortest legal window, with Sánchez hoping housing issues will turn the campaign in his favor.
## Key takeaway

Spain's prime minister calls snap elections for November 29 after housing crisis sparked mass protests and failed housing laws.