Spain in Flames: Snap Election, Housing Riots and the Fight for Sánchez's Survival | Ada Lluch Spain is heading for a snap general election on November 29. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has dissolved parliament after his emergency housing decrees were voted down, and within hours tens of thousands of people were on the streets of Barcelona, with burning barricades, riots and violent clashes with police. In Valencia, footage shows officers beating protesters. Patrick Ney speaks to Spanish commentator Ada Lluch about what is really happening inside Spain, and what comes next. The Spanish housing protests have been building for weeks. They were sparked by the eviction of 87-year-old pensioner Maricarmen Abascal from the Madrid apartment she had lived in for 70 years, after an international investment fund bought the building and hiked the rent. With average rents in Spain nearly doubling in a decade, the housing crisis has become the issue that could bring down the government. In this conversation: Why Pedro Sánchez called a snap election, and how weak his minority government really is The October 5 parliamentary defeat of his emergency housing decrees His 21 urgent housing measures: a real fix or a last-ditch attempt to save himself? Why rents in Spain have nearly doubled in ten years, and the role of investment funds PSOE vs PP vs VOX: who wins on November 29? The corruption case hanging over Sánchez Ceuta: does it play a part in this election? How ordinary Spaniards are reacting to the riots and the election call Is this the end of the Sánchez era? Can the Partido Popular and VOX form a government? And is Spain's housing crisis a warning for the rest of Europe? Subscribe for more interviews and analysis on European politics. #Spain #SpainElection #PedroSanchez #SpainRiots #Barcelona #HousingCrisis #AdaLluch #SnapElection #VOX #PSOE #PartidoPopular #Valencia #Madrid #SpanishPolitics #EuropeanPolitics #Ceuta #SpainProtests #RentCrisis #BreakingNews #Europe