桑切斯宣布提前大选，西班牙将于11月29日投票
西班牙首相桑切斯10月5日星期一宣布提前举行大选，投票日定于今年11月29日。此前，其办公室预告他将于当地时间上午9时发表机构声明，外界普遍预期他将宣布提前选举。
决定出台的直接背景是：众议院上周五否决了政府应对住房危机的法令，而87岁马德里老人被驱逐事件引发的全国抗议仍在持续。分析人士指出，当前可能是桑切斯最有利的时机，尽管风险是可能丢掉政权。桑切斯此前多次坚称选举将在2027年举行、他将完成四年任期，此次转折备受瞩目。
民调显示桑切斯处于下风：《国家报》与Cadena SER电台10月5日公布、由40dB于9月完成田野调查的民调显示，社会党支持率为27.4%，落后于人民党的31.6%，反移民政党Vox为18.4%。
住房将成为竞选主轴：桑切斯试图把选举变成一场关于住房的全民表决，同时转移外界对今夏休达移民危机与涉及其政党和家人的腐败调查的注意力。
Spanish PM Sanchez Calls Snap Election for November 29
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday, October 5, called an early general election for November 29. His office had announced an institutional declaration at 9 a.m. local time amid widespread expectations of an early vote.
The decision followed parliament's rejection on Friday of the government's housing decrees, amid nationwide protests after the eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid. Analysts said the moment could be Sanchez's most favourable despite the risk of losing power. He had repeatedly insisted elections would be held in 2027 and that he would complete his four-year term.
Polls show Sanchez trailing: a survey published October 5 by El Pais and Cadena SER, conducted by 40db in September, put his Socialist Party at 27.4%, behind the People's Party at 31.6%, with the anti-immigration Vox at 18.4%.
Housing is set to dominate the campaign, with Sanchez seeking to make the vote a referendum on the crisis and shift the narrative from this summer's Ceuta migrant crisis and corruption investigations involving his party and family, which he denies.
图片来源：图：Palacio de la Moncloa, Madrid, España.jpg，作者：Yeray Díaz Zbida from Melilla, España，授权：CC BY 2.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons
