Overview
- President Pedro Sánchez dissolved the Cortes and announced a snap general election for 29 November after Congress rejected earlier housing emergency measures, a move he unveiled from La Moncloa on Tuesday.
- The Council of Ministers approved two revised housing royal decrees and the government says the first — a moratorium to stop evictions and fast‑help measures for tenants — enters into force at once.
- The second decree would extend rental protections and impose wider market controls but the government warns it likely lacks the votes to be validated by the Diputación Permanente, the 69‑member body that stands in for the full parliament while it is dissolved.
- Street mobilization has continued since the high‑profile eviction protests in late September, with an encampment at Puerta del Sol and unions CCOO and UGT calling a general strike that increases pressure on parties during the campaign start.
- Parliamentary arithmetic will shape campaign dynamics: Junts’s earlier no vote complicated Sánchez’s options, the PP is handling internal divisions over mail‑in voting claims, and the housing fight is poised to reshape votes on migration, corruption and social policy.