Maricarmen Abascal
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The European cities facing protests as continent gripped by cost of living crisis
Mass protests over the rising cost of living and worsening standards have thrown Europe into turmoil
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Was Maricarmen a manager at a property company? This is what we know
A Spanish news outlet says, citing companies register records, that Maricarmen Abascal was deputy board secretary at a property firm between 1994 and 1995. #EuropeNews
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The struggle to identify ‘vulture funds’ blamed for Spain’s housing crisis
Spain’s prime minister has passed housing laws he says will stand up to speculating ‘vulture funds’
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The European cities facing protests as continent gripped by cost of living crisis
Mass protests over the rising cost of living and worsening standards have thrown Europe into turmoil
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Spanish PM Sánchez launches campaign with housing as key theme
Pedro Sánchez kicked off his 29 November campaign in the so-called "lucky city" of Dos Hermanas in Seville before some 5,000 people. #EuropeNews
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A dead pensioner and protesters in tents: Inside Spain’s housing crisis
Some 20,000 people turned out across Spain following the death of a woman evicted from her flat after an investment firm tried to increase her rent 230%. Critics say the time has come for serious reform, writes Maira Butt
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Video. ‘Adios Maricarmen’: Hundreds protest in Madrid after pensioner’s death
Video. Hundreds protest near Spain's parliament in Madrid to honour evicted pensioner Maricarmen Abascal and demand action over the country’s housing crisis.
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Live - Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing protests, dies
The 87-year-old woman had withstood four eviction attempts in the past decade. In a final message from her hospital bed, she urged protesters: "Fight!" #EuropeNews
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Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies, union says
Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September.
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Thousands protest in Spain after death of woman, 87, who was evicted from her home
Maricarmen Abascal had been in hospital since her eviction on September 23 from her home of more than 70 years, when police and social workers removed her by stretcher
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‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election
Campaigners set up in more than 1,200 tents in Puerto del Sol square say challenge now is to translate a groundswell of public support into concrete change
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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 crisis
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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calls early election
Sánchez says Spain will head to the polls on 29 November after recent defeats on measures aimed at addressing the country's housing crisis.
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Will Spain's housing crisis lead to a snap election?
The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe is in Madrid, where a series of marches have been scheduled, after Spain's Congress rejected measures aimed at tackling the country's housing crisis.
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Protesters across Spain demand action over housing crisis
More than 50 protests are taking place on Saturday after the government failed to get emergency legislation through parliament.
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‘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 pass
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Nearly 500,000 people protest in Madrid over Spain's housing crisis
Thousands take to the streets across Spain as protesters call for a general strike after parliament rejects two government housing decrees #EuropeNews
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Spain faces housing protests in more than 50 cities
The eviction of an 87-year-old woman has turned anger over rents that have nearly doubled in ten years into a threat to Pedro Sánchez's minority government. #EuropeNews
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Spanish PM Sánchez loses key housing crisis vote after eviction of woman, 87
The defeat raises pressure on Sánchez to call a snap election, after a series of scandals affecting his party and allies.
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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-old
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Spain's government set to lose key vote in Parliament to ratify emergency housing measures
Spain’s government looks set to lose two key votes it needs to ratify a package of emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation’s housing affordability crisis when Parliament convenes on Friday amid continued protests demanding that lawmakers act to help renters
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How Europe’s housing crisis is fuelling a new movement
As soaring rents and house prices across Europe feed into the political discourse, campaigners believe they have a rare opportunity to force housing to the top of the agenda
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Spain to ban evictions after nationwide outrage over 87-year-old removed from home
Demonstrators remained camped in a major Madrid square to protest against the removal on a stretcher of Maricarmen Abascal
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Spain announces plan to ease housing crisis amid outcry over eviction of 87-year-old
Measures, which need to be approved in Congress, include extending ban on evictions of vulnerable people
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Disabled woman evicted from home she lived in for 71 years returns after protests
Hundreds had protested the eviction, which comes amid a housing crisis across the country
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Spain announces new housing measures after protests over 87-year-old woman's eviction
The measures include a proposed ban on evictions until 2030 and the automatic renewal of tenant contracts.
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Evicted Spanish pensioner, Maricarmen Abascal, can move home, lawyer says
The eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, 87, prompted large-scale protests across Spain.
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Madrid protests for 87-year-old Maricarmen and housing ends in sit in
Around 150 tents now occupy Madrid's Puerta del Sol after Saturday's protest over 87-year-old Maricarmen's eviction. Protesters, mobilised by the Tenants' Union, demand a housing decree on Tuesday: "Either rentierism falls or the government". #EuropeNews
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Video. Protests erupt in Granada after eviction of 87-year-old woman in Madrid
Video. Protesters gathered in Granada in support of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal after she was evicted from her Madrid apartment.
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Woman, 89, dragged out of her home of several decades in rent dispute
Supporters outside her home chanted ‘Maricarmen, you're not alone!’ and ‘Murderers!’
