# Spain PM pins hopes on housing crisis to help win snap election

- Published: 2026-10-05T19:30:50Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T04:12:50Z
- Section: World
- Language: English (en)
- Source: BBC News — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5yn81qqde0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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Calling of a snap election was not a knee-jerk reaction from Pedro Sánchez but a carefully thought-out manoeuvre, Guy Hedgecoe reports from Madrid.

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