马德里租户工会周三表示，87岁的玛丽卡门·阿巴斯卡尔已去世。她的被驱逐事件引发了西班牙的住房抗议活动。阿巴斯卡尔被驱逐后引发的大规模抗议演变成政治危机，最终促使首相佩德罗·桑切斯宣布提前举行大选。
Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing protests in Spain, has died, Madrid's tenants' union said on Wednesday. Massive protests following Abascal's eviction spiralled into a political crisis, eventually leading Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call a snap election.
据租户工会称，这位87岁的马德里女性于周三去世。她的被驱逐事件引发了全国范围内关于西班牙长期住房危机的抗议活动，并引发了一场政治辩论，最终导致了提前选举。
An 87-year-old Madrid woman whose eviction triggered nationwide protests over Spain's chronic housing crisis and a political debate that culminated in early elections died on Wednesday, a tenants' union said.
马德里租户工会在一份关于玛丽卡门·阿巴斯卡尔的声明中表示：“我们遗憾地宣布玛丽卡门今天去世了”，并补充说她的案件标志着“这个国家历史的转折点”。
"We are sorry to announce that Maricarmen passed away today," the Madrid Tenants' Union said in a statement about Maricarmen Abascal, adding that her cause marked "a turning point in the history of this country".
9月23日，阿巴斯卡尔成为西班牙住房市场的象征。当时，拥有她公寓的房地产公司大幅提高了租金，导致她在担架上被驱逐出她在马德里居住了一辈子的家。
Abascal became a symbol of Spain's housing market on September 23 when she was evicted from her life-long Madrid home on a stretcher after the real estate firm that owned the apartment drastically hiked the rent.
人们对她被驱逐感到愤怒，引发了全国性的示威活动，数百人在马德里最具象征意义的抗议地点——太阳门广场露营。
Outrage at her eviction triggered national demonstrations, with hundreds of people camping in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square in the most symbolic of the protests.
这一运动给少数派左翼政府施加了压力，要求其提出紧急住房措施，包括加强对驱逐的限制和自动续签租户合同。
The movement piled pressure on the minority leftist government to present urgent housing measures, including more restrictions on evictions and the automatic renewal of tenant contracts.
但上周议会否决了这些措施，促使社会党首相佩德罗·桑切斯宣布于11月29日举行提前选举，住房问题将成为选举的重点。
But their rejection in parliament last week prompted Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call a snap election for November 29 in which housing will feature prominently.
租户工会表示，原定于2027年举行的选举中，“住房辩论处于核心位置，但走到这一步的代价太高了”。
"The housing debate is at the centre, but the cost to get here has been too high," the tenants' union said of the election, originally due in 2027.
阿巴斯卡尔在被驱逐后因疲惫住院，但后来与拥有她公寓的公司达成协议，允许她回家。
Abascal had been hospitalised with exhaustion after her eviction, but a deal had been reached with the company that owned her flat allowing her to return home.
租户工会补充道：“这个解决方案来得太晚了。这是一个完全可以避免的情况，却经历了一个痛苦的过程”。
"This solution has come too late. A totally avoidable situation after a torturous process," added the tenants' union. Keywords for this article