Sánchez Calls Snap Elections Over Spain’s Housing Crisis

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Spain’s failure to pass housing reforms, student-led protests across France, and widespread calls for the release of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. Madrid’s Moment of Reckoning Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called for snap elections on Monday, just days after his left-wing minority government failed to pass emergency measures to tackle the country’s worsening housing crisis. The election, to be held on Nov. 29, is likely to be risky, as Sánchez has never before led his Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party to an outright parliamentary majority. Last week, tens of thousands…