# Spanish Socialist MEP: Sánchez Unseated in Snap Election

> Spanish socialist MEP Hana Jalloul Muro says no other leader can replace Sánchez as housing and immigration dominate snap election.
- Title: Spanish Socialist MEP: Sánchez Unseated in Snap Election
- Summary: Spanish socialist MEP Hana Jalloul Muro says no other leader can replace Sánchez as housing and immigration dominate snap election.
- Keywords: hna jalloul muro, pedro sánchez, spanish socialist, snap election, housing crisis, immigration crisis, ceuta, morocco, sánchez party, people's party, vox party, european parliament
- Source: EUobserver — https://euobserver.com/242337/interview-spanish-socialist-mep-sees-no-other-leader-than-sanchez-as-housing-and-immigration-dominate-snap-election
- Published: 2026-10-12T16:03:43+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: hna jalloul muro, pedro sánchez, spanish socialist, snap election, housing crisis, immigration crisis, ceuta, morocco, sánchez party, people's party, vox party, european parliament
## Sánchez's leadership challenge
Former spanish congresswoman hana jalloul muro says prime minister pedro sánchez faces unprecedented challenges including the covid pandemic, volcanic eruption in canary islands, and migrant crisis in ceuta.

> it has not been an easy mandate. every day is a survival day, all the challenges that prime minister pedro sánchez has faced have been unprecedented
## Snap election on 5 october
sánchez's psoe party trails the centre right people's party in polls as housing and immigration dominate snap election called after nationwide protests against lack of affordable housing.

> these elections will pit two models against each other
## Ceuta crisis impact
jalloul says ceuta-linked election crisis could not be resolved without morocco, returning 90 percent of 70,000 people in less than 72 hours.

> but had there not been a good relationship with morocco, we would never be able to return 90 percent of the 70,000 people that came in less than 72 hours
## Key takeaway

Spanish socialist MEP Hana Jalloul Muro states no alternative leader exists for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez amid housing and immigration crises triggering snap election on 5 October.