Protesters Camped Out Across Spain Demand Passage of Housing Measures
- Thousands of protesters have set up over 100 tents in Madrid's Puerta del Sol and other Spanish cities, demanding that parliament swiftly approve stronger tenant protections and halt evictions.
- The demonstrations were ignited last week by the dramatic eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her Madrid home of seven decades, sparking public outrage.
- Participants including 30-year-old waiter Whalfryd Cruz share stories of precarious living conditions, with Cruz noting that "young people can't afford to move out" due to soaring rents.
- Spain's leftist minority government passed two housing decrees on Tuesday, including a ban on evictions of vulnerable tenants until 2030, though implementation hinges on parliamentary approval Friday.
- Health Minister Monica Garcia noted the measures could provide relief to more than five million people, yet the government must secure votes from smaller parties to pass the legislation.
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Miriam Nogueras accuses the Executive of manoeuvring from "populism" and "feeding false hope" for electoral interest and reaffirms itself in its opposite vote. The PP challenges Sanchez to call now general elections
Independence Party (determinant in the parliamentary majority that supports the government of Sánchez) demanded withdrawal of two decrees made after Maricarmen case. Legislature may be at risk.
Junts will not vote for the measure and the indignados besieg the Courts. After the crisis generated by the eviction of Maricarmen, the socialist government without majority could convene the vote already for 29 November and try to exploit the national discontent
The Tenant Union has announced a rally in front of the Congress of Deputies during the vote on the two housing decrees
Sánchez Faces Today Decisive Vote on New Housing Laws with Junts and We Can Doubt. What Is at Stake?
The government of Pedro Sánchez faces a decisive vote this Friday in the Spanish Congress of Deputies to try to secure the validation of two decree-laws on housing, but arrives at the extraordinary plenary without having assured all the necessary support.
After the ongoing protests due to the forced removal of a retired woman in Madrid, the parliament is now voting - among other things, it is about stronger tenant protection and cheaper rents. By Hans-Günter Kellner.
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