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Spain's Prime Minister calls an early election
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Spain's snap election over housing: how early dissolution differs from India's Article 85 Lok Sabha route
Spain heads for an early general election.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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Spain's Prime Minister has called an early general election after a defeat over the housing crisis.
The defeat angered protesters, who object to the country's increasingly expensive housing market.
ஆதாரங்கள்: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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Remember these
- Spain's Prime Minister has called an early general election after a defeat over the housing crisis.
- Protesters object to Spain's increasingly expensive housing market.
- Spain is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with Madrid as its capital.
- Spain's parliament is the Cortes Generales, with the Congress of Deputies (350 seats) as the lower house and the Senate as the upper house.
- Spain is a member of the European Union and uses the euro.
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How the exam will ask it
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- In a parliamentary system, the executive is collectively responsible to the lower house, and an early general election can follow the loss of its confidence or a political defeat.
- Spain's Cortes Generales is bicameral, consisting of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.
- In India, the President can dissolve the Lok Sabha under Article 85(2)(b), acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers.
மெயின்ஸ்
GS2 (International Relations: Europe; comparative polity). Housing affordability has turned into a political flashpoint in Spain, pushing the government to seek a fresh mandate through an early election instead of governing after a legislative defeat. Aspirants can contrast parliamentary dissolution in Spain with India's Article 85 and, for the way forward, link it to stable and affordable urban housing policy and its implications for EU politics and India-EU ties.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
The Asian Games, held this year at Aichi-Nagoya, are conducted under the authority of the:
- International Olympic Committee
- Asian Athletics Association
- Olympic Council of Asia
- Commonwealth Games Federation
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விடை: C — Correct: Olympic Council of Asia — The Olympic Council of Asia is the continental body that conducts the Asian Games. • International Olympic Committee — wrong: The International Olympic Committee governs the Olympic Games, whereas the Asian Games are run by the continental body. • Asian Athletics Association — wrong: The Asian Athletics Association governs one sport, athletics, and not the multi-sport Asian Games. • Commonwealth Games Federation — wrong: The Commonwealth Games Federation oversees the Commonwealth Games, not the Asian Games.
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