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Maricarsen and the housing crisis in Spain: are there solutions?

The eviction of Maricarsen, a 87-year-old woman who was evicted from the apartment she rented for seven decades in Madrid, once again focused on the housing crisis in Spain. His case provoked protests and reopened the debate on the price of rent, the expansion of tourist housing and the protection of tenants. What is behind the Spanish housing crisis and what solutions are on the table? We analyzed it in The France Debate 24.

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Spain approves measures for housing crises; its implementation depends on Congress: what changes and what remains to be done?

On Tuesday, September 29, the Spanish Government adopted two royal decrees - a law to respond to the housing crisis, with measures up to 2028 or 2030. The agreement closed after a final negotiation has been divided into two texts to facilitate its parliamentary process, but it does not yet have the necessary support guaranteed. The Executive has asked Congress for an extraordinary plenary session this Friday to submit both decrees for validation. What do the measurement packages include? We're on it.

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The big change in recycling

Amorebieta, in Bizkaia, has become the place where the recycling of the future is already present. Its waste selection plant is the first in Spain to be able to separate 10 types of waste from the yellow container, instead of the seven in which it was classified so far. That's right and that's how this innovative complex works.

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The energy that comes to transform Europe

Green molecules, such as renewable hydrogen or second-generation biofuels, play a key role in gaining energy independence and industrial competitiveness. Moeve is preparing a plan to make Spain one of the continent's leading producers.

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Spain: Maricarren, 87-year-old woman deshauciada, will return home after agreement

Representatives of Maricarsen, the 87-year-old woman evicted last week in Madrid, and the company owned by her home for more than 70 years, reached an agreement to be able to return home. The pact must be ratified by Maricarsen, who continues to be hospitalized after eviction. Meanwhile, hundreds of people maintain a camp in Madrid to demand more forceful action in the face of the housing crisis, just as the deadline for the Government to move forward with a new decree on this matter.

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"The Government of Spain has done nothing in 8 years": Inquilinos Union of Madrid

The eviction of a 87-year-old woman in Madrid revived the housing crisis in Spain. In recent years, purchase and rental prices have increased strongly, while social pressure for further action by the Government is growing. In Madrid, the Inquilinos Union has called for a great mobilization to demand solutions. In France 24 we spoke to Ramon Bultó, one of the organization's spokespersons, who described the housing situation in the country as "dramatic."