
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will hold an institutional statement at 9am from the Moncloa Palace, after having consulted the Socialist Party, ministers and members of the executive on the possibility of early elections in July 2027, following the protests over the rejection of the house decrees in the Spanish Congress.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has consulted the Socialist Party, ministers and members of the executive on the possibility of calling elections ahead of the natural end of the legislature in July 2027, in the wake of street protests following the rejection of the house decrees in the Spanish Congress.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will make an institutional declaration from the Moncloa Palace at 9am. Government sources announced this.
Sanchez spent the weekend consulting the Socialist Party, ministers and members of the executive on the possibility of calling elections ahead of the natural end of the legislature in July 2027, in the wake of street protests over the rejection of the house decrees in the Spanish Congress.
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Pedro Sanchez will officially announce the decision on early elections during the institutional declaration at 9am
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