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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has resigned and announced new elections will be held on November 29. The announcement was made during an address to the nation, broadcast live on television from Moncloa Palace.

 Sanchez, 54, has been Spain's prime minister since 2018, ranking among the longest-serving European leaders in power.

"We have done everything we could to protect the interests of the Spanish people," said Sanchez, as he took stock of his last government.

During his term, according to Sanchez, "inequality has decreased," while the Spanish economy "has been the one that has grown the most in Europe."

“Today there is dissatisfaction and we too have made mistakes,” Sanchez admitted. “There are many things that need to be corrected. To do more, we need the support of citizens, but we need to have a wider majority in Parliament. For this reason, after informing the head of state, I have decided to call an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers to announce general elections, which will be held on November 29. The moment has come for the Spanish people to decide what future they want for the country.”

The Prime Minister had spent the weekend holding consultations with the Socialist Party, ministers and members of the government, regarding the possibility of calling early elections, before the normal end of the legislature in July 2027.

The decision comes amid a wave of street protests, sparked by the defeat in the Spanish Congress of decrees related to housing.

At the origin of the protests, in which young people have been particularly involved, was the controversial eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her apartment in Madrid.

But who would win the election if Spaniards voted today?

The average of the polls calculated by El País puts Alberto Núñez Feijóo's Popular Party in the lead with 32.7%, while the Socialists come in second with 26.4% and Vox with 18.1%.

Taken together, right-wing parties, including the populist Se Acabó la Fiesta list, are approaching 52% of the vote, while left-wing forces are at around 36%.

For comparison, in 2019 the two political blocs were practically in balance, with 43% each.


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