丹尼尔·巴斯蒂罗和罗德里戈·奥里韦拉总理佩德罗·桑切斯政府批准了新的住房措施，旨在解决西班牙的负担能力危机，以平息全国范围的抗议活动并挽救上周被议会否决的立法。
By Daniel Basteiro and Rodrigo Orihuela Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government approved new housing measures meant to address Spain’s affordability crisis in a bid to quell nationwide protests and salvage the legislation that was struck down by parliament last week.
周五未能通过这些法案促使桑切斯解散议会并举行新选举，选举将于11月29日举行。桑切斯表示，由于住房形势的紧迫性，新计划与之前的计划相似，是必要的。
The failure to pass the bills on Friday prompted Sánchez to dissolve parliament and call a new election, which will be held Nov. 29. Sánchez said the new plan, which is similar to the previous one, was necessary because of the urgency of the housing situation.
桑切斯周二在马德里对记者说：“有许多西班牙人等待解决方案。”“数百万公民希望他们的机构有勇气勇敢地面对强权。”这项立法需要得到立法者的批准。随着议会的解散，这些措施将由一个看守机构采取，政府将面临更有利的投票算法，此举受到反对这些措施的团体的批评。
“There are many Spaniards waiting for solutions,” Sánchez told reporters in Madrid Tuesday. “Many millions of citizens expect their institutions to have the courage to stand up to the powerful.”The legislation will need to be approved by lawmakers. With parliament dissolved, the measures will be taken up by a caretaker body where the government faces more favorable voting arithmetic, a move criticized by groups opposed to the measures.
新计划包括禁止驱逐弱势群体，冻结租金价格，延长租户合同和新的税收优惠。
The new plan includes a ban on evictions of vulnerable people, a freeze on rent prices, extensions of tenants’ contracts and new tax incentives.
桑切斯周一决定提前原定于明年7月举行的选举。这位54岁的社会党总理正在寻求利用席卷全国的住房问题愤怒，惩罚反对派并无视大多数民意调查，这表明他几乎没有机会赢得连任。
Sánchez decided Monday to bring forward elections that had been due in July next year. The 54-year-old Socialist premier is seeking to capitalize on anger sweeping the country over housing, punish the opposition and defy most polls, which suggest he has little chance of winning another term.
桑切斯有抓住关键时刻让对手措手不及的记录。但多年来他的政治地位不断恶化。中右翼人民党在最近的民意调查中处于领先地位，在9月1日进行的40分贝民意调查中获得了31.6%的支持率25-28，有2，000名受访者。人民党领袖阿尔贝托·努涅斯·费若奥（Alberto Núñez Feijóo）表示，他的政党可以与极右翼Vox一起执政，该组织在调查中的支持率为18.4%。桑切斯所在的社会党人的支持率为27.4%。
Sánchez has a record of wrong-footing opponents by seizing on pivotal moments. But his political position has deteriorated over the years. The center-right People’s Party has led recent polls, garnering 31.6% support in a 40dB poll conducted Sept. 25-28 with 2,000 respondents. The PP’s leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has indicated his party could govern with the radical-right Vox, which had 18.4% in the survey. Sánchez’s Socialists polled at 27.4%.
桑切斯政府面临多重危机，包括今年夏天8万名移民抵达西班牙在非洲的飞地休达，这使移民成为西班牙政治的核心问题之一。
Sánchez’s government has faced multiple crises, including the arrival this summer of 80,000 migrants in Ceuta, the Spanish exclave in Africa, helping make migration one of the central issues in Spanish politics.
除了这些问题之外，桑切斯还面临影响其政党的腐败案件，包括他的一名同事被定罪，以及涉及他家人的案件，他的兄弟被禁止担任公职，他的妻子被送上审判。桑切斯说：“议会可能决定背弃人民。”“这个政府永远不会。”
On top of those problems, Sánchez faces corruption cases affecting his party, including the conviction of one of his associates, as well as cases involving his family, with his brother barred from public office and his wife sent to trial. “Parliament may have decided to turn its back on the people,” Sánchez said. “This government never will.”