# Hundreds of thousands join Spain general strike over housing

https://mins.news/en/video/139655

- France 24 English, 2026-11-11 21:31 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH7hpktpOzY

> Millions of workers in Spain stopped work on Wednesday, disrupting businesses and public transport in the country’s first general strike in 14 years. After a peaceful march in Barcelona against rising rents, property prices and living costs, protesters smashed storefronts, lit small fires and bins, and launched fireworks at police. The unrest came weeks before snap elections called by Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

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