Agreement reached after the 87-year-old was forced to evict in Madrid

After the eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid, which sparked nationwide protests in Spain, an agreement has been reached for the woman to return to her apartment. “If this agreement that we have reached is signed,” it will be “a better and happier result for everyone,” the woman’s lawyer, Beatriz Duro, said on Monday.

The case of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal sparked protests. The woman moved into the apartment in the Retiro district of Madrid with her parents in 1956 and later took over the rental agreement. After the building was sold to a real estate company, she was told to move out because her old rental agreement was no longer valid. The new owners won justice in court. After several failed attempts to evict her, she was finally removed from her apartment by police officers on Wednesday despite resistance from supporters and taken to a hospital.