Who wins the battle of the demos?

On Thursdays, paella. And on Sundays, in Madrid, a demonstration. Until now, the right and the far-right dominated the Sunday rallies, but it turns out that the rally calendar has become so strained that the marching fervor is now spilling over into other days of the week, and on Saturday, two demonstrations of opposing signs coincided, in search of the coveted Sunday cover photo. In this case, the one demanding interventions in housing won by a landslide. The most 'Sanchista' newspapers like El País or La Vanguardia chose it to adorn their front pages, but so did El Mundo. Obviously, this last newspaper was not looking to show solidarity with those who live with the anguish of their lease contract nearing its end, but because it allows them to write a headline such that the protest acts as a boomerang against Sánchez: “The indignation over housing leads to a 15-M attempt: "Either the rentier falls or the government falls"".

It is a front page that amplifies the PP's talking points, consisting of reminding everyone that Sánchez has been in power long enough for the mess in this sector to be his responsibility. The underlying idea is to favor the Popular Party's ability to refuse the state pact that the PSOE is pursuing and for which El País is pushing with the headline “The streets increase the pressure for an urgent pact on housing”. Meanwhile, the far-right is rubbing its hands. You only have to look at the treatment by OK Diario, which has been minimizing the symbolic weight of the eviction of the 87-year-old woman that has catalyzed this unrest and labels everyone who dares to challenge the logic of vulture funds as 'far-left'. And, as a bonus, it echoes the racist remarks issued from Vox's social media account, such as when they say that "all of Spain knows that if instead of Maricarmen it were Morocarmen, she would already have a house". From an institutional account. Pure Trumpist style that turns the upcoming Spanish general elections into an unpredictable powder keg.