https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/spanish-election-threatens-to-blow-up-brussels-political-balanceContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/spanish-election-threatens-to-blow-up-brussels-political-balancehttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/spanish-election-threatens-to-blow-up-brussels-political-balance#u109922Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:16:29 +0000Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap general election for November 29 following intense public protests driven by a severe housing crisis. Socialists warn that a defeat for Sanchez could severely destabilize the European Union by putting the Socialists and Democrats on the back foot in Brussels. A loss risks alienating them in the Council, straining the fragile coalition supporting Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and pushing the bloc into a much more confrontational stance.Why it mattersPedro Sanchez has served as a prominent voice of dissent on United States forei