After the eviction carried out last night by the National Police, in coordination with the Municipal Police of Madrid, the Delegation of the Government of Spain in Madrid informs that this intervention completes a process of gradual action developed since the beginning of the camp, on September 26. Throughout this period, the Delegation’s actions have been aimed at guaranteeing the peaceful exercise of fundamental rights, protecting people and goods and recovering the ordinary use of the Puerta del Sol:
Guarantee of rights and eviction as a last resort
From the outset, the Government Delegation understood, with due legal advice, that staying at the Puerta del Sol was within the scope of protection of the fundamental right of assembly, when an organized plurality of people came together for a common claim and with the purpose of directing their message to the public authorities and public opinion. Consequently, it considered the legal regime applicable to this right to be applicable and requested the Higher Police Headquarters of Madrid to guarantee its peaceful exercise.
This consideration was maintained while the concentration retained its temporary character and a common claim purpose. At the same time, the Delegation carried out a continuous assessment of the situation, with legal advice and updated police information, to reconcile the exercise of the right of assembly with the protection of security, the rights of third parties and the common use of public space.
Article 23.2 of Organic Law 4/2015, of March 30, on the protection of citizen security, establishes that the measures of intervention in meetings and demonstrations must be gradual and proportionate to the circumstances and that their dissolution constitutes the last resort. Article 5(b) of Organic Law 9/1983, of 15 July, regulating the right of assembly, provides for suspension and, where appropriate, dissolution when there are disturbances of public order with danger to persons or property. In accordance with this framework, the Delegation gave priority to dialogue, the voluntary withdrawal of facilities and the adoption of concrete measures to correct the risks detected, assessing each action according to the circumstances existing at each time.
Throughout this period, the coordination channels between the National Police and the Municipal Police of Madrid remained open, as well as communication with the administrations, those responsible for public transport and the business associations that transferred incidents.
In the aforementioned line of interlocution, it is worth highlighting the communications maintained, initially, with the association “Union of Tenants”, convener of the demonstration held on September 26, 2026, prior to the camping, as well as, subsequently, with those who identified themselves as interlocutors of the camping people.
These communications, maintained both verbally and in writing, have meant the opportunity to resolve situations of greater or lesser risk, such as the protection of the facade of the Real Casa de Correos to avoid its degradation, or the orderly removal of elements on the Metro de Madrid vents, to carry out cleaning tasks.
These contacts have also made progress in the progressive unemployment in this space, as has been observed for two weeks.
All this work culminated on Monday, October 26, when Francisco Martín was the delegate of the Government of Spain in Madrid, with the sending of a letter to the campers from the Delegation. In that letter, they were informed that the Delegation had been protecting the exercise of the fundamental right of assembly and demonstration but that, not being this unlimited right, a reasonable period of time had elapsed in which their claims could be conveyed to society. In addition, it was pointed out in the document to be aware of the change in the circumstances and nature of the camp from which some of the participating organizations have withdrawn and knowing that a large number of overnight stays in the camp are of homeless people, as well as other vulnerable groups, thus losing the initial objective of the camp. With all this, the encampments were informed that it could be legitimate to put an end to this encampment.
Days later, and after not obtaining a response to the previous letter, on October 29, when Pilar Trinidad was delegated, a second letter was sent in which, taking up all the aforementioned points, it went on to demand the dismantling of the camp as soon as possible.
The following day, October 30, the interlocutors transferred to this Delegation that they proceeded to dissolve all the commissions through which the protest camp has been organized, stating that their initial claim has ended. In spite of this, some camping people are left in space, and they refuse to retreat.
In this context, the Higher Police Headquarters of Madrid informed the Delegation of the existence of various alleged criminal acts and incidents that occurred inside or in the immediate surroundings of the camp, some of which directly affected persons installed on the site, passers-by and acting agents. The evolution of the circumstances, the persistence of the facilities despite the communications made, the disturbances of public order reported and the specific danger to people and property determined the need to proceed to eviction and dismantling as a last resort.
Throughout this time, on the part of the Delegation, a gradual action has been carried out that, after not having the necessary response from those who were left camping, last night led to a police eviction action, in direct coordination with the City of Madrid and as a result of the office sent to the Provincial Headquarters of the National Police by the delegate of the Government, asking that normality be restored at this point in the city, carrying out the necessary actions, always under the criteria of proportionality and opportunity and with special attention to vulnerable people.