00:00Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the dissolution of Parliament to hold anticipated general elections on November 29th,
00:07following weeks of social unrest in the country over the housing crisis and the immigration crisis affecting the city of
00:13Ceuta.
00:14Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Monday on a televised address the early vote after Parliament rejected housing relief measures
00:21proposed by his government.
00:22In recent weeks, Spaniards have demanded solutions from the government over housing affordability, holding protests across the country after public
00:30outrage grew over the televised affliction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid last month,
00:34with over 70,000 people participating in a housing protest in the capital on Saturday.
00:39This announcement of early elections comes as right-wing parties have gained ground across Europe, with Sanchez's government being one
00:46of the last left-leaning governments in the continent.
00:58I have decided to convene an extraordinary Council of Ministers this very morning to dissolve the Parliament and call a
01:09general election to be held on the 29th of November in accordance with the deadlines established by law.
01:18To do more, we need to renew and broaden the support of the people.
01:25To tackle in-depth the outstanding reforms we need so that the public can succeed in reducing these levels of
01:31inequality,
01:33We must mobilize and ensure that Parliament provides us with a much broader progressive majority,
01:39with which to subdue the elites, secure further social progress and continue to transform Spain.
01:48The Spanish Prime Minister also referred to the growing dissatisfaction of the population amid the housing crisis crippling the country.
01:55There is currently...
