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Thousands of people went to the streets of Madrid to protest the evictions and demand urgent action in the face of the housing crisis in Spain. The mobilization was called after the eviction of Maricarsen Abascal, a 87-year-old woman who had lived for more than 70 years in the same house and whose case has generated a strong social reaction. Miriam Bue, spokesman for the Madrid tenants' union and the European coalition of housing movements, addresses the issue in France 24.

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Housing crisis in Spain: a major protest in Madrid against the eviction of a 87-year-old woman

The eviction this week of Maricarsen Abascal, 87, provoked a massive protest on the streets of Madrid on Saturday, September 26, in which the protesters demanded greater protection for the tenants. The widespread dissatisfaction with the increase in the price of housing has put pressure on the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, whose government plans to adopt a package of measures to alleviate the crisis.

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Thousands march in Madrid to protest eviction of 87-year-old woman

The eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday sparked a thousands-strong protest in Madrid Saturday, with demonstrators demanding greater tenant protection. Widespread anger at rising housing costs have put pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government, which is expected to approve pro-tenant measures in its next cabinet meeting.

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Direct Spain and protests over the housing crisis following the eviction of Maricarren Abascal

The image of Maricarren Abascal, a 87-year-old retired woman and 50% disability, being evicted by the police this week from her home in Madrid, where she lived for more than seven decades, has touched a sensitive fiber in Spanish society which, with all its differences, finds consensus to denounce the crisis because of lack of access to housing. Inform our correspondent Marina Colorado.

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"Please fight": the eviction of Maricarsen in Spain evokes new protests over the housing crisis

In her first message from the hospital she was moved to after being thrown out of the home she lived in for 71 years, the 87-year-old woman thanked the citizen's mobilizations for her support and promised to "continue fighting" for the right to housing in Spain. Under the slogan "Not one more Maricarren," the Inquilinas Union is preparing a major demonstration in Madrid on Saturday, September 26, as pressure grows for the government and the opposition to take new measures against the real estate speculators.

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