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Spain's Sánchez Calls Snap Election Amid Protests Over Housing Crisis

Is progress being blocked by elites or has Spain's current government delivered only corruption and crisis?

4 days ago·Updated 3 days ago

Spain's Sánchez Calls Snap Election Amid Protests Over Housing Crisis

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Above: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's televised statement in Madrid on Oct. 5. Image credit: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Left narrative

This government has delivered the highest rates of economic growth that Spain has ever seen. However, it has been blocked from making a number of necessary reforms, including on housing, by elites and conservatives who are happy to maintain the status quo. A broader progressive coalition would allow the government to make the necessary changes.

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Right narrative

Spain's current government has brought nothing but corruption, unbearable living costs and this housing crisis, among other issues such as uncontrolled immigration. Spain needs to be ruled by a party that's prepared to make the necessary changes for the country to restore its national pride, not just hang onto survivability. Sánchez has already had eight years in power — if that hasn't been enough, why should he get four more?

Partido Popular