Thousands of radical are continuing protests crossed Spain, aft Congress rejected a bid of measures aimed astatine tackling the country's lodging crisis.
Lawmakers voted connected 2 decree-laws presented by authorities successful effect to nationwide protests that followed the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her home.
Abascal was evicted aft she was incapable to wage a rent summation by the institution that owns her flat. The lawsuit triggered a broader question crossed the state demanding affordable rentals, which person soared successful caller years.
The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe is astatine 1 of the protests successful Madrid and looks astatine whether the government's decision volition pb to an aboriginal wide election, which is not owed until adjacent summer.
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