Mass protests and clashes with police have erupted across Spain over a severe housing crisis. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in more than 50 cities. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
The main wave of demonstrations swept the country on Saturday, October 3, 2026, after the Spanish parliament rejected government bills aimed at protecting tenants and curbing rising real estate prices.
The last straw for society was the scandalous forced eviction of 87-year-old Madrid resident Maricarmen Abascal, who had lived in her apartment for about 70 years. An investment company bought the building and tried to raise her rent by 275%. Amid the protests, the owners agreed to return the woman, but public outrage had already escalated into a political crisis.
The organizer of the marches is the Tenants' Union. Demonstrators demand a radical reduction in rental costs, which have nearly doubled over the past 10 years, a complete ban on investment funds buying housing, and an end to forced evictions.
The defeat of the housing decrees in parliament has put the coalition government of Pedro Sánchez at risk, prompting active discussion in the country about the possibility of early elections.
Earlier, Kursiv wrote that in France mass schoolchildren riots began over dissatisfaction with the degradation of the education system, high academic workload, teacher shortages, and overcrowded classrooms.
France has already calculated the damage from the protest actions of high school students, estimated at 33-38 million euros.