The defeat infuriated those protesting the country’s increasingly expensive housing market and underscored the difficulties his minority coalition government faces in passing legislation Spain is heading back to the polls months ahead of schedule after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, reeling from a stinging parliamentary defeat over housing and swelling street protests, announced a snap election for 29 November. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• The defeat infuriated those protesting the country’s increasingly expensive housing market and underscored the difficulties his minority coalition government faces in passing legislationS1

• Spain is heading back to the polls months ahead of schedule after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, reeling from a stinging parliamentary defeat over housing and swelling street protests, announced a snap election for 29 November. “We need to renew people’s suppor...S2