数千人在西班牙各地继续抗议，因为国会否决了一系列旨在解决该国住房危机的措施。
Thousands of people are continuing protests across Spain, after Congress rejected a series of measures aimed at tackling the country's housing crisis.
议员们就政府提出的两项法令法案进行了投票，这是对全国性抗议的回应，抗议源于87岁的马里卡门·阿巴斯卡尔被驱逐出家门。
Lawmakers voted on two decree-laws presented by government in response to nationwide protests that followed the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her home.
阿巴斯卡尔因无法支付拥有其公寓的公司涨租而被驱逐。此案在全国引发了更广泛的运动，要求提供负担得起的租赁住房，近年来租金飙升。
Abascal was evicted after she was unable to pay a rent increase by the company that owns her flat. The case triggered a broader movement across the country demanding affordable rentals, which have soared in recent years.
BBC的盖伊·黑德科正在马德里的抗议现场，分析政府的失败是否会导致提前大选，而大选原定于明年夏天举行。
The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe is at one of the protests in Madrid and looks at whether the government's defeat will lead to an early general election, which is not due until next summer.