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Spain holds first general strike in 14 years over housing, weeks before election
Workers across Spain went on strike on 11 November 2026 over the housing crisis, a few weeks before a snap national election.
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Maricarmen Abascal, 87, whose Madrid eviction sparked housing protests, dies in hospital
The death of the 87-year-old, evicted on 23 September from the Madrid flat where she had lived for about seven decades, comes as Spain heads to a snap election on 29 November.
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Sánchez calls snap Spanish election for 29 November after housing decrees defeated
Spain's prime minister announced an early general election three days after Congress rejected his minority government's housing decrees amid nationwide protests.
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Spain housing protests follow parliament's rejection of two government decrees
Protests over housing costs took place in Madrid and dozens of other Spanish cities on Saturday 3 October 2026, a day after parliament voted down two housing decrees from Pedro Sánchez's minority government, with clashes in Valencia.
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Spain's Parliament rejects government housing measure, reports say; scope of defeat unclear
The Hindu and Le Monde report that Spanish lawmakers voted down government housing legislation, in a vote The Hindu dates to 2 October 2026, but they differ on whether one or both measures fell.
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Spain's cabinet approves housing decrees restricting evictions until 2030 after Madrid protests
Spain's minority coalition government approved housing decrees on 29 September 2026, including limits on evictions until 2030, after the eviction of an 87-year-old tenant in Madrid set off protests, but Congress must still approve them.