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🇪🇸 Spain: The two housing decrees that Parliament killed last week? They are back to life and and least one of them is expected to survive a vote soon.
1/4 🗳️ BREAKING: Spain is going back to the polls.
Pedro Sánchez has called a snap general election for November 29, nine months early, after Friday’s defeat of his government’s two emergency housing decrees.
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3/4 So yes, housing helped bring down the legislature.
The election comes after the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal triggered a wave of housing protests, an enormous camp in Puerta del Sol, and demonstrations across Spain.
9/10 And now comes the really big question: are we getting a snap election soon? đź‘€
Several ministers and senior PSOE figures reportedly think Sánchez should pull the plug on his coalition government. Sánchez, however, is taking some time to decide what to do next.
10/10 So this weekend could be VERY interesting.
Sánchez is expected to watch what happens on the streets and weigh his options.
If he decides to dissolve Parliament quickly, Nov. 29 is the first available election date. We'll see what happens.
If you want to read more about this, check what I wrote for The Bubble here: thebubble.com/articles/parli…
5/10 Why?
Junts argued the measures could reduce rental supply and push prices even higher while failing to properly protect small property owners.
Instead, it handed the government its own 59-page proposal and demanded that they start negotiating again (they didn't).
7/10 So who killed them?
Center-right PP, far-right Vox, UPN and Junts voted against the first decree.
PNV and CoaliciĂłn Canaria joined them in rejecting the second.
Center-left PSOE, leftish Sumar, far-left Podemos and several other parties on the left backed the measures.
6/10 Sánchez made one last attempt to save them.
He unexpectedly addressed Parliament before the vote, urging MPs to think about the people affected rather than party politics. Nobody cared.
The first decree lost 172–178.
The second: 166–184.
2/10 It all started last week with Maricarmen
The eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from the Madrid apartment where she’d lived for 71 years triggered huge protests over the housing crisis.
Protesters then set up camp in Puerta del Sol. They’re still there.
3/10 The government responded in record time with two emergency decrees.
They included: stronger eviction protections, rental-contract extensions, tighter rules for temporary rentals, measures targeting speculation...
The second decree went further, with automatic rental renewals
1/10 🇪🇸 Spain’s housing crisis just became a full-blown political crisis.
Parliament has killed BOTH of the government’s emergency housing decrees, and now PM Pedro Sánchez is taking a few days to decide whether we should have a snap election.
Here’s what the hell happened. 🧵
🇪🇸 What started last week with Maricarmen’s eviction has exploded into a much bigger revolt over Spain's housing crisis. (People are so tired of this)
🧵 1/5 In this week's issue of @thebubblecom, we explain what's happening and why it matters. thebubble.com/articles/the-h…
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4/5 But there’s a catch: Parliament can still kill them.
PP (center-right) and Vox (far-right) are against the decrees. Progressive parties back them.
All eyes are now on Junts and Podemos, neither of which has revealed exactly what it will do.
The votes happen Friday.
5/5 Meanwhile, Madrid’s Tenants’ Union says the Sol camp isn’t going anywhere and is promising more protests on Saturday, whatever Parliament decides.
Madrid's right-wing regional government wants the camp cleared.
This is far from over. Check thebubble.com for more.
