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- 1Critics say Spain's government is unable to legislate from La Moncloa▼The time has come for the Government to RECOGNIZE that it is holed up in La Moncloa without the ability to legislate, no
Spanish opposition voices are arguing that the government of Pedro Sánchez has lost the ability to legislate or pass budgets and no longer commands a social majority outside its supporting bloc, the so-called Sol Encampment. The claim is that the administration is entrenched in the La Moncloa residence and should acknowledge its weakness and reveal its true political position.
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Pedro Sánchez, Spain's prime minister, is a leading search trend. Spanish outlet elDiario.es reports that the Moncloa palace is preparing an early general election and plans to rescue housing decrees that the right-wing opposition blocked in parliament. The reports suggest Sánchez is weighing a risky political gambit to break the deadlock over his housing agenda and force voters back to the polls.
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People's Party leader Alberto Feijóo called for immediate elections and promised that, if he reaches Moncloa, in his first month he will present a housing plan aiming to build a million homes and create 600,000 jobs. The pledge is drawing wide coverage in Spain, with political journalist Vicente Vallés among the trending names as the story circulates.
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Spanish PM Sánchez's office has released phone records and given statements to counter Ceuta's president Juan Jesús Vivas, who claims eight calls went unanswered during the May 2021 migration crisis. Chief of staff Antonio Hernando's phone log reportedly does not show the missed calls Vivas describes, while a former PSOE official has handed a judge data suggesting the government delegation knew about the crisis in advance.