Tens of thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday in several Spanish cities to highlight unaffordable housing and demand better protection for tenants. Protests took place in more than fifty cities across Spain. NOS ↗
In Madrid, authorities estimated that about 70,000 people gathered. Organizers, however, put the figure much higher, claiming that up to 500,000 people took part in the demonstration. Further protest actions were held in several other large cities across the country. Deutschlandfunk ↗
The demonstrations followed lawmakers' rejection on Friday of a government proposal for measures to strengthen tenant protection. Parliament also failed to support a regulatory package aimed at responding to the housing crisis. Protesters are calling for more affordable rental housing and more effective measures against evictions. seznamzpravy.cz ↗
The wave of protests began about a week and a half after an 87-year-old woman was evicted from a rented apartment in Madrid. According to organizers, she had lived there for seven decades. The case has become one of the symbols of criticism of housing policy. HVG ↗
Tensions are also heightened by uncertainty over the next political developments. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is considering the possibility of early elections, while the protests point to growing dissatisfaction with the government's and political parties' handling of the situation. Organizers have also called for a general strike. Politico Europe ↗
Tens of thousands protest housing crisis in Spain
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Regierung in der Krise - Landesweit Demonstrationen gegen Wohnungsnot in Spanien
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| 23:58 03.10.
Regierung in der Krise - Landesweit Demonstrationen gegen Wohnungsnot in Spanien
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| 21:13 03.10.
Spaniards protest housing crisis as Sánchez weighs snap vote
Politico Europe
| 17:17 03.10.
Tízezrek tüntettek megfizethető lakhatást követelve Spanyolországban
HVG
| 17:00 03.10.
Spanien: Zehntausende Menschen protestieren gegen Wohnungsnot
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