Overview
- President Pedro Sánchez announced on Monday that he has dissolved the Cortes and set a snap general election for 29 November under the 54‑day electoral timetable.
- The decision follows last Friday’s defeat in Congress of two Royal Decrees on housing, a vote led by the Partido Popular, Vox and Junts that triggered large street protests after a high‑profile eviction.
- The Government scheduled an extraordinary Council of Ministers to formalize the dissolution and plans to try to reintroduce the failed housing decrees either at the next Council or via the Diputación Permanente once the Cortes are dissolved.
- Parties and social actors moved immediately: the PSOE called its leadership to start the campaign, the PP and regional conservatives welcomed the call, unions said they will decide on mobilizations, and the Sumar space rebranded as Frente Amplio to center housing in its appeal.
- The campaign will open a compressed timetable with candidacy deadlines in late October, a 15‑day official campaign from mid‑November and a polarized contest that could hinge on housing policy and whether right‑wing gains force new coalition math after the vote.