00:00Spain could go to elections earlier than expected, and the decision now rests with
00:04Pedro Sánchez. But if you don't follow Spanish politics, you're probably wondering,
00:08Why might this happen? What happened in Congress and what would change if the Spanish people
00:13Will they return to the polls? Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish government president, opened a
00:17A period of reflection to decide whether to call early general elections. That is, it could end
00:22prematurely end the current legislature and ask Spaniards to vote again to choose
00:27a new Congress and from there form a new government. The possibility arose after
00:32A major political defeat for Sánchez. The Congress of Deputies rejected two measures
00:36of housing proposed by your government. It should be noted that Spain operates with a system
00:41parliamentarian. Citizens do not vote directly for the president of the government; first they elect a
00:46The members of Congress and then Congress participate in the election of the head of the Executive branch.
00:51Sánchez has been in power since 2023 and needs to secure enough votes from different parties in the
00:57Congress to approve his bills. The problem is that his party doesn't have a majority on its own.
01:02And it depends on agreements with other political forces. And this time those agreements didn't work. The government
01:07I wanted to push through two decrees related to housing, an issue that has become one
01:12of the main political and social problems in Spain due to the price of rents and the
01:17difficulty accessing housing. But Congress rejected them. The People's Party,
01:22Vox and Hunts voted against it. Hunts' position was especially important because his seven
01:27Members of parliament could be decisive in passing the measures. With this, Sánchez does not
01:32He automatically loses the government, but it is clear that he has difficulties in obtaining the
01:36votes needed to approve some of his policies. Now he basically has two scenarios.
01:41The first is to try to continue governing until the end of the legislature; for that, he would have to continue
01:46negotiating with parties that are not part of his government and securing new majorities in Congress.
01:50The second option is to bring forward the elections. If he takes that decision, he would have to dissolve the courts.
01:56which are the Spanish Parliament, and to call citizens back to the polls.
01:59If elections were to be called soon, the date being considered as a possibility is...
02:04November 29. If Sánchez calls elections, a new election campaign would begin and the
02:09Parties would have to present their candidates and proposals to win the votes of the Spanish people.
02:14After the elections, the seats in Congress would be redistributed, and with that new
02:19In terms of composition, the parties would have to try to form a government. That means an election.
02:24Anticipated measures don't necessarily solve the problem Sánchez faces. A [unclear - possibly a] ...
02:28Congress without a clear majority and it will be necessary to negotiate between different parties again.
02:33Therefore, the debate doesn't end with deciding whether there will be early elections; we also have to see how.
02:38What remains is Congress after the votes, and if the parties obtain the necessary support to
02:42To form a government. If they decide not to hold early elections, he would have to continue governing with Congress.
02:47current and seek agreements to approve its measures. This could be especially complicated after
02:51the rejection of the housing decrees, because it shows that his parliamentary allies do not always
02:56They are willing to support their proposals. In other words, Spain is not yet officially in favor.
03:01During the election campaign, but after the government's defeat in Congress, that possibility is now a reality.
03:06It's on the table. And now the decision is Sánchez's. To try to maintain a legislature with a Congress
03:11difficult to manage or bring forward the elections and let the Spanish people decide again who should
03:16to take power. What do you think should happen now?
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