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'It's not going to end': Housing protesters set up camp in central Madrid square

Published on September 28, 2026 at 16:58

'It's not going to end': Housing protesters set up camp in central Madrid square — Aurelia MOUSSLY / AFP

Demonstrators camp in a central Madrid square, vowing to keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez over Spain's housing crisis. The movement was triggered by the police eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her lifelong Madrid apartment. The images of Abascal being carried from her home on a stretcher after police broke down her door caused widespread outrage and put the housing crisis centre-stage as the country approaches elections next year. "If they don't give us effective solutions on Tuesday, it's not going to end", says Nadinne Fillol, a 38 stand-up comedian.