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Pedro Sánchez is considering calling elections in the face of internal pressure from the PSOE and the housing crisis. Junts urges you to prioritize housing solutions over electoral calculations, while socialist voices such as Carlos Martínez from Castilla y León support an electoral advance due to the blockade of the extreme right and the opportunity perceived by citizen awakening.
The Junts spokesperson in Congress, Miriam Nogueras, has raised the dilemma in which, in her opinion, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, finds himself: "If he puts housing before the electoral calculation, today he will call us to negotiate about housing. If he puts the PSOE first, tomorrow (Monday) he will call elections."
This is stated in an article signed in the newspaper Ara, in which he points out that Sánchez has not taken these days to reflect on "how to solve the housing problem, but on whether he can build an electoral story that covers up the corruption around him and minimizes the disastrous management of the last eight years."
Junts, Nogueras assures, has defended, "with serenity" and its own proposals for decrees on housing, a solution to the housing challenge "from political centrality."
"We are not intimidated by the blackmail of the extremes. We do not seek the defeat of anyone. We want a solution to the problem," he adds.
This weekend, Pedro Sánchez has been reflecting and gathering information to decide or not whether to call elections. At the end of Sunday everything indicates that yes, he will press the electoral button.
Within the PSOE and the Executive itself, the balance is that Sánchez must call elections. In fact, some voices do not hide their opinion on the matter.
This is the case of the leader of the PSOE of Castilla y León, Carlos Martínez, who stated this Sunday that there is currently "a window of opportunity" for there to be an electoral advance in Spain, at a time when citizens "have woken up forcefully" due to the housing crisis.
In statements to journalists in Cifuentes (Guadalajara), where he participated in the party of PSOE militants in this Castilian-La Mancha province, Martínez argued that when politics does not serve to solve the problems "due to the irresponsible blockade of the extreme right, it is time to convey the voice of the citizens."
The socialist leader has considered that in a Community like Castilla y León, where PP and Vox have co-governed in the previous legislature and do so again in this one after their breakup in 2025, it is observed that the first thing the governments do is "dismantle equality policies."
Furthermore, he has said that "they do not recognize union rights, they do not recognize the immigrant, with appeals after appeals for not welcoming them," and they also announce appeals for the housing decrees that PP, Vox and Junts finally overthrew in Congress.
"There is a window of opportunity for citizens, who have awakened in a forceful and resounding way, to express themselves at the polls. It is true that it is not my responsibility, no matter how much my body asks me to, and the President of the Government has earned the right to be able to call them when he scores," he added.
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