Tens of thousands protest across Spain over housing crisis
Tens of thousands of protesters marched across Spain to demand government action on the housing crisis, with some demonstrations in Madrid and Valencia turning violent. The protests follow the rejection of housing legislation in parliament, potentially influencing the Prime Minister's decision on a snap election.
Why it matters
The housing crisis is a major socio-economic issue in Europe, and the scale of these protests highlights growing public dissatisfaction with government policy and political gridlock.
Spanish police arrested three members of a far-right group and fired rubber bullets on Saturday night in Madrid after tens of thousands had marched across the country to demand action to tackle a housing crisis.
Far-right activists, some of whom performed Nazi salutes, tried to reach demonstrators camped out in the Puerta del Sol, a central square in the Spanish capital, to protest the housing crisis, the Spanish government said.
Earlier, some demonstrators 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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