Can Sánchez convince Spanish voters he is their best hope for fairer housing?
Recent death of 87-year-old woman likely to focus attention on crisis in run-up to election at end of NovemberEven before María del Carmen Abascal died on Wednesday night, a mere fortnight after her eviction from the Madrid flat where she had lived for…
María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87
Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early electionMaría del Carmen Abascal, the…
Pedro Sánchez is a master of the political comeback. But calling a snap election in Spain may be a gamble too far | Paolo Gerbaudo
A thriving economy, a model green transition, social advances – Spain’s PM shouldn’t be in trouble. Yet he is, and it’s a lesson for progressives everywhereTo progressives across the west, Spain has been a rare glimmer of hope in a world where far-right…
Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez calls snap election after housing law fails to pass
Election called after rightwing parties voted down emergency legislation aimed at tackling housing crisisEurope live – latest updatesSpain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has once again staked his political future on a snap general election…
Lamine Yamal stars again as Spain see off Czechia and maintain perfect start
Lamine Yamal says he feels like Superman or Spider-Man sometimes, and Spain’s fans are starting to wonder if he just might be. There is something comic book hero about what the teenager is doing right now, some unexplained super power swelling inside…
‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain
Demonstrators take to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities after new legislation fails to passTens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities as they step up demands for action to tackle a mounting…
Spanish right wing votes down housing crisis plans as protest movement grows
Opposition lawmakers join forces to defeat proposals made by Socialist-led coalition after eviction of 87-year-oldRightwing lawmakers in Spain have rejected emergency measures put forward to tackle the country’s housing crisis, pitting a fractured…
Rare northern bald ibises take flight in human-led European migration project
Micro aircraft used to help guide birds to Spanish stopover as part of efforts to create sustaining migratory populationFifteen new birds have joined a growing flock of bald ibises in northern Spain, guided there by human migration guides in micro…
It shouldn’t take the eviction of an 87-year-old to get Spain’s housing crisis fixed | María Ramírez
Pédro Sanchez is an admirer of Zohran Mamdani. It’s time Spanish politicians emulated the New York mayor’s relentless focus on affordable homesMaricarmen Abascal is a determined woman who uses a wheelchair to get around. She has needed her determination…
‘It keeps growing’: the tent camp that stands against Spain’s housing crisis
An encampment is sprawling across Puerta del Sol plaza in central Madrid in protest against the ‘rentier economy’Wielding a broom and dustpan, Marta García, 60, darted past the edges of tents, sweeping up bits of litter as she passed a poster that read:…