Overview
- The Delegación del Gobierno ordered a police operation that removed 334 people and led to two arrests in the early hours of Tuesday, November 3, ending the 38‑day encampment at Puerta del Sol.
- The occupation began after the eviction of 87‑year‑old Maricarmen Abascal in late September and grew into a nationwide housing protest that organized through assemblies and commissions.
- Parliament rejected two emergency housing decrees tied to the protests, a defeat that contributed to a political crisis and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calling early general elections for November 29.
- Merchants around Sol say the month‑long encampment cost roughly €30 million and plan civil legal action against the Delegación del Gobierno while regional officials prepare claims for cleaning and lost transit revenue.
- Smaller camps have persisted in cities such as Vigo and Valencia where local talks and requests for coordination are under way, and activists have signaled a shift to neighborhood organizing and the November 11 general strike.