Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called a nationwide snap election after his government failed to pass housing bills due to opposition from the political right.

“After informing the head of state, I have decided to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers this morning to dissolve Parliament and call a general election,” Sanchez said, according to CNN.

Sanchez's government had sought to address a housing crisis with a pair of bills, but could not secure support in Parliament to advance them.

His government was also reeling from backlash to a migrant crisis in Ceuta, one of the Spanish enclaves in North Africa, which saw tens of thousands of migrants storm the border and ransack the city earlier this year.

Apart from migration and housing crises, Madrid has been in the political crosshairs of the Trump administration over its unwillingness to allow the U.S. to use its bases for the war against Iran.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.