In Spain it will be on 28. April early parliamentary election. The Prime Minister Sánchez announced. Previously, the Parliament had rejected the budget plan of his minority government.

Only eight months after taking office, the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has called a snap parliamentary election for the 28. April. “Spain has not a Minute to lose, Spain will have to come forward,” said the socialist politician in Madrid.

The rejection of the budget of the minority government by the Parliament, had triggered on Wednesday a crisis. The next regular parliamentary elections would have been only in June due 2020.

separatists against Sánchez

Catalan independence parties could prevent a new election. The separatist MPs, on whose support the minority government of the PSOE had to rely, but voted with the Conservatives and the liberals against the Bulgarian, because Sanchez had rejected to their demands.

The separatists in the conflict region in the North-East of Spain, wanted to achieve as a return for their votes, among other things, that the head of the government argues in the historical process against twelve leaders of the independence movement against a conviction of the accused. In addition, they had requested the initiation of a debate about the right to self-determination of the Catalans.

since June in the office

Sanchez was only in the past June, after a vote of no confidence against his conservative predecessor, Mariano Rajoy, among other things, with the votes of the Catalan parties come into office. At that time, the 46-Year-old had been letting on, given the weak Position of the socialists with only 84 out of a total of 350 deputies in the future elections, which he had avoided so far.