Pedro Sanchez has launched his campaign for the November 29 general election with a promise to make affordable housing a central priority, while delivering a blistering attack on his political rivals.

Speaking at a Socialist Party (PSOE) rally in Dos Hermanas on Saturday, the prime minister vowed that his housing policies would have ‘no expiry date’ if his party secured another term in government.

The event attracted around 5,000 people, according to PSOE organisers, and was attended by senior party figures including Andalucian Socialist leader Maria Jesus Montero and Dos Hermanas mayor Francisco Rodriguez.

Sanchez has placed Spain’s worsening housing crisis at the centre of his election campaign following weeks of nationwide protests sparked by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman known as Maricarmen.

The controversy helped trigger the decision to bring forward the general election after two government housing decrees were rejected in Congress by the Partido Popular (PP), Vox and Junts.

The government has since revived the measures, which are due to be considered by Parliament’s Permanent Deputation next week.

Addressing supporters, Sanchez insisted that protecting tenants and small property owners from speculation would remain a priority.

‘This is my commitment: housing policy has no expiry date,’ he declared.

He said a future progressive government would strengthen and maintain measures designed to protect ordinary homeowners and tenants.

The Prime Minister also paid tribute to Maricarmen, whose case has become a symbol of the growing public anger over housing affordability and evictions.

He expressed his respect and affection for her family and for others who, he said, had suffered abuses and threats from speculative investment funds.

Sanchez described the struggle for affordable housing as the defining social cause of the current generation.

‘Every generation has its struggle. Ours will be housing,’ he told the crowd.

He argued that protecting small landlords and tenants should not be treated as competing objectives, instead directing criticism towards large speculative investors and property funds.

Sanchez: ‘The wolves are PP and Vox’

The Socialist leader also used the rally to launch a series of attacks on opposition leaders Alberto Núñez Feijoo and Santiago Abascal.

Accusing the PP and Vox of repeatedly predicting economic and social disaster under his government, Sanchez compared their warnings to the fable of the boy who cried wolf.

‘They’re always going on about the story of Pedro and the wolf,’ he said, before turning the comparison against his opponents.

‘In the story of Pedro and the wolf, they are the wolves. If anything, I’m a dog without a master, and if I serve anyone, it’s ordinary people.’

He also criticised comments attributed to Feijoo about sick leave and to Abascal about pensions, while responding to former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar’s warnings about the future of the Spanish monarchy under another Sanchez government.

The Prime Minister accused the right-wing parties of relying on fear and insults rather than offering constructive solutions.

‘If they’re in opposition, they insult. And if they’re in government, they make cuts,’ he declared.

Sanchez also accused his opponents of attempting to discourage participation in the election through claims concerning postal voting and Spain’s Democratic Memory legislation, including provisions commonly referred to as the grandchildren’s law.

He urged supporters to turn out in large numbers on November 29, arguing that higher participation would strengthen democratic representation.

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