丹尼尔·巴斯泰罗报道：西班牙政府官员正在为提前举行大选做准备，这取决于首相佩德罗·桑切斯可能即将做出的决定。
By Daniel Basteiro Spanish government officials are preparing for an early election, pending a possibly imminent decision by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
据三位接近桑切斯的人士透露，内阁部长及其他政府高层和西班牙工人社会党官员支持提前投票，认为这是在上周议会惨败后的最佳策略。由于相关讨论属于私人性质，这些人士要求匿名。
Cabinet ministers and other high-ranking government and Socialist party officials support an early ballot as the best strategy following a scathing loss in parliament last week, according to three people close to Sánchez, who asked not to be named as the discussions are private.
这些人士称，桑切斯的支持者预计他最早将于周一就此事发表声明，因为首相在周末与多位高层人物进行了会晤。他也有可能决定不提前举行大选。
Sánchez allies expect him to make a statement on the matter as early as Monday after the premier spent the weekend meeting with senior figures, the people said. He may also decide to forgo an early election.
周五，政府提出的两项紧急住房法案在议会遭到否决，关于提前大选的猜测开始升温。尽管桑切斯领导的少数派联合政府自2023年上任以来在推动立法方面一直举步维艰，但此次失败打击尤为沉重，因为经济适用房是其支持者关注的核心议题。
Speculation over an early ballot started gaining momentum on Friday after two emergency housing bills presented by the government were defeated in Parliament. While the minority coalition led by Sánchez has struggled to pass legislation since taking office in 2023, the latest defeat hit hard because affordable housing is a core issue for its supporters.
桑切斯的任期将持续到2027年7月。数月来，该政府在民调中一直落后，保守派人民党和极右翼“呼声党”的支持率已足以组建联合政府。
Sánchez’s term runs until July 2027. The government has trailed in polls for months, with the conservative People’s Party and far-right Vox showing enough support to form a coalition government.
议会的这次失败可能为桑切斯及其社会党提供了一个机会，以便构建针对右翼的竞选叙事。
The parliamentary defeat may give Sánchez and his Socialists an opening to build a campaign narrative against the right.
桑切斯于2018年首次掌权，从未完成一个完整任期，曾两次宣布提前大选。在他执政的八年间，他一直在应对一系列危机。
Sánchez first took power in 2018 and has never completed a term, having called early elections twice. He has has spent his eight years in power navigating a succession of crises.
在他最近一个任期内，由于涉及其政党或家人的腐败案件增多，他未能提交任何一份政府预算案。今年夏天，约8万移民非法抵达西班牙在北非的飞地休达，引发了新一轮的社会不满情绪。
He has failed to present a single government budget during his latest term as corruption cases involving his party or family multiplied. Over the summer, the illegal arrival of about 80,000 migrants in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in North Africa fueled a new wave of social discontent.
围绕住房问题的政治危机始于上个月一名87岁残疾女性被驱逐出住所的事件，此举引发了街头示威和马德里市中心的抗议营地。周六，马德里及其他地区爆发了针对高昂住房成本的集体抗议活动。
The political crisis over housing started last month with the eviction of an 87-year-old woman with a disability, prompting street demonstrations and a protest camp in central Madrid. Mass protests against housing costs took place in Madrid and elsewhere Saturday.