Spain: the death of Maricarmen Abascal, evicted at 87, rekindles anger over the housing crisis
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FranceParis remembers the death of Maricarmen Abascal as the face of a social crisis: an 87-year-old retiree who became a symbol of housing that has become inaccessible to Spaniards.
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SpainMadrid is taking a political hit: Maricarmen's death is being blamed on Parliament, which rejected the "Maricarmen decree", just seven weeks before early elections and five weeks before a general strike.
- France
Personalized
the narrative puts the face of a victim at the forefront rather than the mechanisms of the housing market.
What the account puts first
SpainPartisan
the report attributes the rejection of the decree to PP, Vox, and Junts, and contrasts the attitude of the right after the death, without taking up the version of these parties.
Emphasis on the union
several texts centrally quote the voice of the Sindicato de Inquilinas, a party involved in the case.
- France
Reliance on a single source
the announcement of the death and its interpretation are based on the statement from the tenants' union.
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France onlySpainthis perspective does not carry this information