Pedro Sánchez advances the general elections to November 29 after the rejection of Junts

The halo fell off. The unpredictable politician, who always had an unexpected plot twist up his sleeve, became a pragmatic politician. After a weekend of reflection, listening and study, Pedro Sánchez has decided to advance the general elections to November 29.

The President of the Government has been consulting ministers, officials, leaders and other people since last Thursday night, when it became known that Junts had rejected his proposals on housing, his opinion and assessment of the situation. In these days, both in the PSOE and in the Government, although there were doubts about which was the best decision, the majority feeling had prevailed that it was time to go to elections, that the mobilization in the street, increased by the rejection of the right-wing parties, opened a window of "opportunity" for the socialists. And that in the face of an uncertain horizon, due to issues such as the judicial calendar, the Ceuta crisis, the rise in prices... it was better now than after a few months and accumulating more wear and tear.

It has been an extended process throughout these days. It is not that there has been a crisis cabinet as such, but it is a decision that has matured over the days and after having conversations, calls, exchanges of opinions... Listening more than talking, because the Chief Executive, late on Sunday, had not communicated his decision or, at least, few people would know.

A new period of reflection for Sánchez - the third, after the days of April 2024 when the investigation into Begoña Gómez became known; and after June 2025 when it was proposed to bring forward elections and resign after the Cerdán report - which has been accompanied by the reports prepared daily in the presidential complex, where it has a very large team within the National Policy department - reporting directly to the Chief of Staff of the President of the Government - that provides it with polls, tracking, social media reports and data on a daily basis. They are the numbers to complete the "political nose" that feeds the decisions of the Chief Executive.