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The Guardian - UK
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‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain

Aerial photograph of hundreds of people in a square
Demonstrators fill a Madrid city square during a housing protest on Saturday. Photograph: Juan Barbosa/Reuters

Tens 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 housing crisis ⁠after ​government measures were struck down by the opposition.

Demonstrators on Saturday waved posters calling for a general strike ⁠after the measures drawn up to address mass anger over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman in ⁠Madrid, and other housing issues, were rejected in parliament on ​Friday.

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