Rajoy urges general elections, and González chimes in ironically: "If I say they need to be called, they won't be called."

Former Spanish Prime Ministers Mariano Rajoy and Felipe González have both called for Pedro Sánchez to summon general elections. The demand follows a vote in the Congress of Deputies on Friday, during which two housing decrees promoted by the executive branch were defeated.

While Rajoy directly urged the holding of general elections, González joined the call with a dose of irony, remarking that if he were the one to say they need to be called, they would not be.