西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯周六启动了他为11月提前大选所进行的竞选活动。此次选举正值住房危机日益加深，引发抗议并对他的左翼联盟政府施加压力。
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez launched his campaign for a snap November election on Saturday. The vote comes as a deepening housing crisis is driving protests and putting pressure on his left-wing coalition.
西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯周六开始竞选，旨在再次实现一次不太可能的逆转，此次提前选举的主导议题正是那些动摇全国的住房抗议活动。
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez aimed to pull off another unlikely comeback as he began campaigning on Saturday for a snap vote dominated by housing protests that have shaken the country.
两周前，87岁的马德里退休老人马里卡门·阿巴斯卡尔被驱逐出她的住所时，没有人能预料到西班牙正走向动荡，这将导致原定于2027年的大选被提前。
When 87-year-old Madrid pensioner Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her home two weeks ago, no one could have expected Spain was headed for upheaval that would bring forward a general election scheduled for 2027.
阿巴斯卡尔的驱逐事件成为全国性抗议的导火索，她也因此成为该国长期住房危机的象征。这些抗议活动施加了巨大压力，迫使桑切斯的左翼联盟政府出台紧急法令。
The eviction of Abascal, who became the face of the country's chronic housing crisis, catalysed nationwide protests that piled pressure on Sanchez's left-wing coalition to present urgent decrees.
自2018年上台以来，桑切斯近年来因与美国总统特朗普和以色列的冲突而在国际舞台上崭露头角，这使他赢得了全球失意进步人士的同情。
Sanchez, in power since 2018, has acquired international prominence in recent years as his clashes with US President Donald Trump and Israel endeared him to disillusioned global progressives.
他在国内是一个具有争议性的人物，在大多数民意调查中落后于主要的保守派政党——人民党（PP）。
He is a divisive figure at home and trails in most polls to the main conservative Popular Party (PP).
在周六的集会上，桑切斯承诺，如果他的党赢得绝对多数，他将加强立法以保护租户免受“房地产投机”的侵害。
At his rally Saturday, Sanchez vowed to strengthen legislation protecting tenants against "real estate speculation" if his party wins an absolute majority.
他说：“马里卡门以及所有为她奔走的人，以及所有为住房这一正义事业而行动的人，已经打开了道路。”他表达了对阿巴斯卡尔的“深情”，她于周三在医院去世。
"Maricarmen and all those who campaign for her, as well as all those who take action for the just cause of housing, have opened the way," he said, voicing his "affection" for Abascal, who died on Wednesday in hospital.
工资、住房、养老金桑切斯选择了具有象征意义的地点——位于塞维利亚南部城市外的通勤城镇多斯赫尔纳斯来启动他的竞选活动。该地是历史悠久的社会主义据点。
Wages, housing, pensions Sanchez chose the symbolic location of Dos Hermanas, a commuter town outside the southern city of Seville and a historic Socialist stronghold, to kick off his electioneering.
他曾在2023年大选期间从多斯赫尔纳斯启动竞选，并最终成功击败预测，保住了执政地位，尽管人民党赢得了更多席位。
He launched his 2023 election campaign from Dos Hermanas and went on to thwart the predictions by retaining office, even though the PP won more seats.
多斯埃尔马纳斯也是桑切斯在2016年辞去社会党领袖职务后政治复兴的舞台，此前他连续遭遇两次惨败的大选。
Dos Hermanas was also the scene of Sanchez's political resurrection after he resigned as Socialist party leader in 2016, following two bruising general election defeats.
桑切斯开始集会时，现场一名67岁的退休人员伊莎贝尔·莫拉莱斯告诉法新社，她认为他在任期间的表现“非常积极”。
As Sanchez began his rally, Isabel Morales, a 67-year-old pensioner in the crowd, told AFP she viewed his term in office as "very positive".
“他为工人阶级做了很多事情。他提高了工资，提高了养老金，颁布了住房法，还有许多其他非常积极的举措。希望他能继续下去，”她说。“彻底的改变”人民党领袖阿尔贝托·努涅斯·费伊霍也在周六于马德里向他的支持者发表演讲。他希望在2023年未能组建政府后，能够成为首相。
"He's done a lot of things for the working class. He raised wages, raised pensions, enacted a housing law, a lot of things that are extremely positive. Let's hope he continues," she said. 'A total change' PP leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo was also rallying his followers on Saturday, in Madrid. He has his sights set on becoming prime minister after failing to form a government in 2023.
“西班牙需要一个未来，而他（桑切斯）需要成为过去，”费伊霍在周日的马德里集会上表示。“我们正在提出彻底的改变。”作为民调领先的人民党领袖，他将批评重点放在政府对塞乌塔移民危机的处理上，并在周三举行了一场活动，承诺恢复正常秩序。
"Spain needs a future and he (Sanchez) needs to be in the past," Feijoo told a rally in Madrid on Sunday. "We are proposing a total change." The PP leader, who tops most polls, has focused his criticism on the government's handling of a migration crisis in Ceuta, where he held an event on Wednesday promising to restore normality.
去年七月下旬，超过7万名移民从邻国摩洛哥涌入西班牙北非飞地塞乌塔。数千人在此滞留数月，生活条件混乱不堪，引发当地居民的愤怒。
More than 70,000 migrants streamed into the Spanish north African enclave from neighbouring Morocco in late July. Thousands have remained for months in largely chaotic conditions, sparking anger among locals.
然而民调显示，费伊霍不太可能获得多数席位，这可能使议会第三大力量——极右翼政党VOX，成为假设性联盟谈判中的关键人物。
Yet the polls suggest Feijoo is unlikely to achieve a majority, which could make far-right party Vox, parliament's third-largest force, a kingmaker in hypothetical coalition talks.
费伊霍“值得获得一次机会”，在集会上的31岁公共部门工作者鲁本·莫斯科索如此说道。
Feijoo deserves "a chance", argued Ruben Moscoso, a 31-year-old public-sector worker at the rally.
“我们希望把国家从最近看到的毁灭、腐败和阴暗做法中拉出来，”他说。
"We want to pull our country out of the ruin, the corruption, the shady practices that we've been seeing recently," he said.
住房问题长期是公众关注的焦点，在周六的两场集会上一直是热议话题。数百名抗议者在马德里标志性的普埃塔德尔索尔广场以及其他城市露营，要求加强对租户的保护和实现住房价格亲民。
Housing, long a top public concern, was a topic hanging large over both of Saturday's rallies as hundreds of protesters camped in Madrid's emblematic Puerta del Sol square and in other cities demanding more protection for tenants and affordable prices.
主要工会已呼吁于11月11日举行全国性大罢工——这是自2012年以来西班牙首次举行此类停工——以在投票前就住房和工资问题施加更大压力。
The main unions have called a general strike for November 11 – the first such stoppage in Spain since 2012 – to crank up the pressure over housing and wages before the vote.