Sánchez calls snap election for November 29

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a snap election for November 29 after Congress killed his two housing decrees on Friday — with the Catalan Junts party joining the PP and Vox to sink them. The trigger: the televised September 23 eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal, which ignited a housing revolt; roughly 950,000 marched over the weekend.

Polls put the conservative PP at 31.6%, Sánchez's PSOE at 27.4%, and the far-right Vox at 18.4%. The campaign will run through one of Spain's angriest autumns in years.

Sources: AP via WHRO