MadridSánchez calls early election with Spain’s Socialists trailing in polls.
A defeat would end one of Europe’s last left-leaning governments.
Right-wing MPs struck down his housing measures Friday, a rare chance to rally the left, an analyst said.
“This is a window of opportunity,” said Lorenzo Bernaldo de Quiros, an economist and consultancy president.
Polls favour a People’s Party coalition with Vox, the far right’s first government role since Franco.
How each outlet framed it
- Daily Maverick leans critical
- frames snap election as potential end of 'one of Europe's last few left-leaning governments' amid far-right ascent across region
Sources: Daily Maverick