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Sánchez Targets Toughest Comeback Yet With Early Spain Vote

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has a history of proving his critics wrong. But his decision Monday to call a snap election in the midst of a housing affordability crisis may be his most precarious political move to date.

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