{"id":22258,"date":"2025-11-30T19:17:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=22258"},"modified":"2025-12-01T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T05:00:54","slug":"madrid-brennt-ueber-100-000-menschen-auf-den-strassen-und-eine-regierung-verliert-den-rueckhalt-ihres-eigenen-landes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/madrid-brennt-ueber-100-000-menschen-auf-den-strassen-und-eine-regierung-verliert-den-rueckhalt-ihres-eigenen-landes\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid is burning - over 100,000 people in the streets - and a government loses the support of its own country"},"content":{"rendered":"

Around the Temple of Debod, thousands of people stood shoulder to shoulder this weekend. Families, older couples, students, working people, veterans of democracy - a cross-section of the country that has lost its patience. They shouted \u201cWe want democracy, not the mafia\u201d and demanded that Pedro S\u00e1nchez step down. The investigation into former minister Jos\u00e9 Luis \u00c1balos, who is now in pretrial detention over the suspected mask fraud, has opened a wound that can no longer be covered up. The demonstrators accuse the prime minister of having turned his cabinet into a system of favors, silence and closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The police deployed in large numbers, but the situation was anything but calm. Many images show officers pushing back protesters, handing out blows, people falling to the ground. These were not chaotic rioters but angry citizens who no longer want to be fobbed off with explanations. The protesters\u2019 statements were similar: they feel deceived and lied to, while the government acts as if the scandal were only a minor slip. But \u00c1balos is no small figure - he was a minister, later a parliamentary manager, a man at the center of power. The fact that he is now in prison shows how deep the cracks in the government structure have become.<\/p>\n\n\n\n