Housing protests in Spain

Day by day

1. Sunday, 4 October 2026

   2 countries

   Spanish papers focus on the scale of the marches and calls for a general strike; Italian papers read the protests as direct pressure on Sánchez.

   • Spain
   • Italy

   Lead story in 10

   • 
     El PaísSpain

     The street marches for housing

   • 
     Diario de MallorcaSpain

     Thousands of demonstrators demand housing in Palma and call for general strike

   • 
     Diario de PontevedraSpain

     Housing mobilises thousands of people across Spain

   • 
     El ProgresoSpain

     Housing mobilises thousands of people across Spain

   • 
     Faro de VigoSpain

     Housing discontent calls for strike

   • 
     La Opinión A CoruñaSpain

     Social outcry over housing

   • 
     Las ProvinciasSpain

     Housing protest ends in pitched battle in Valencia

   • 
     Última HoraSpain

     Housing fills the streets

   • 
     Corriere della SeraItaly

     Spain shaken by protests

   • 
     Il MessaggeroItaly

     Spain takes to the streets, «general strike»: Sánchez cornered

   Highlight in 4

   • 
     ABCSpain

     Discontent over housing brings tens of thousands of people onto the streets across Spain

   • 
     El MundoSpain

     About 70,000 people, according to the Government Delegation, protested in Madrid against the housing decrees

   • 
     La VanguardiaSpain

     Mass protests over housing: tens of thousands of people take to the streets across Spain, with calls for a strike

   • 
     il Resto del CarlinoItaly

     Madrid in the square for the house, It is the key holders' protest

   Who left it off the front page 24 papers

   Leading papers with a verified front page that day which did not carry the theme in the headline or highlights.

   Portugal

   • Correio da ManhãDaughters forgive mother accused of killing their father
   • Jornal de NotíciasOnly a third of those convicted of sex crimes against children go to prison
   • PúblicoServiceman on trial for sharing newspapers in a group with ten thousand members

   Spain

   • El CorreoA downpour floods the Casco Viejo
   • El PeriódicoA storm never seen before batters Catalonia
   • La Voz de GaliciaGovernment partners and opposition call for elections from a Pedro Sánchez without a majority

   France

   • La CroixUnforgettable
   • Le MondeDrought: drinking water networks put to the test
   • Le Parisien"We need a real and broad coalition"

   United Kingdom

   • The Herald (Scotland)Democracy 'silenced' by soaring free speech cases
   • The IndependentBurnham scraps Starmer's plan to axe jury trials
   • The ObserverThe road back from Brexit

   Germany

   • Der TagesspiegelJunge Union chief Winkel calls for swift draft law on pension reform
   • Die WeltWho pays for Mum?
   • Hamburger AbendblattHow I stopped trying to improve my husband

   Italy

   • AvvenireA saint for today
   • Il Fatto QuotidianoKyiv, a 70 billion hole. The Russians besiege Kharkiv
   • Il GiornaleScarpinato, the Five Star member who accuses the right of «misdirecting» inquiries on the mafia
   • Il Sole 24 OreMps, Intesa: "Take it or leave it"
   • la RepubblicaEuropean left at a crossroads
   • La StampaThe protest inflames Europe

   Austria

   • KurierOut of the energy crisis, but how?

   Denmark

   • Jyllands-PostenMost of the money in the VAT plan goes to those who earn the most, calculations show
   • PolitikenResearchers at RUC feel that academic freedom is under pressure in inflammatory cases