Isabel Díaz Ayuso's regional government will ask a Madrid court to order the immediate removal of the Puerta del Sol camp. It says Government delegate Francisco Martín failed to act.
During Thursday's plenary session of the Assembly of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso said her regional government would take the Puerta del Sol encampment to Madrid's administrative court. The filing will ask for urgent interim measures that could force the camp's immediate removal.
Ayuso said the application would be submitted that morning. She blamed Government delegate Francisco Martín for inaction and argued that the Delegation of the Government should never have authorised the settlement.
Reports from the first night put the number of people staying at the Puerta del Sol camp at around 300. Subsequent reports described the mobilisation as involving hundreds of participants, with more people continuing to arrive.
The dispute centres on access through one of the capital's busiest areas. Ayuso said normal movement and safety must return to the square. She referred to complaints from businesses and said the area should be cleared enough for ambulances to pass.
Families with pushchairs and traders have also contacted the regional government about daily problems around the camp.
That is the dispute.
The court request is not an eviction order already in force. It is an application for urgent interim action. Ayuso's government wants a judge to order the encampment's dissolution.
The Sindicato de Inquilinas promoted the camp. It has become the centre of a political fight between the regional administration and the Government delegation in Madrid. An earlier report covered the campaign surrounding the related housing case.
Reports from Bernama and other outlets linked the protest to demands for stronger tenant protections and measures against evictions.
The mobilisation was linked to the case of Maricarmen, an older wheelchair user who was evicted from her home in central Madrid. The Sindicato de Inquilinas has called for a so-called decreto Maricarmen, alongside broader protections for renters and action against evictions.
Ayuso's announcement confirms a threat made two days earlier by Miguel Ángel García, the regional councillor for the Presidency, Justice and Local Administration. García warned that the Autonomous Community would go to court if Martín did not order the settlement's removal.
The deadline has now led to a formal legal step, not an administrative agreement. The regional government is asking the Tribunal Contencioso-Administrativo to intervene because it says the Government delegate failed to act.
The court is now the next arena in a dispute that is affecting access to the square and nearby businesses.
Now the court decides.
Francisco Martín has taken a different view. As reported by El País, he said the protest was peaceful. He argued that police had no grounds to intervene beyond protecting public safety because there had been no public-order violations.
Police unions have criticised that position. The legal group Manos Limpias has also announced plans to pursue a case against Martín.
The next step is clear. Ayuso's government has chosen litigation and says responsibility for the camp's continued presence rests with Martín and the Delegation of the Government.
The application does not settle the dispute. It does not guarantee an immediate clearance. It gives the regional executive a judicial route to seek the action it says the central administration has not taken.
For residents, traders, emergency services and people crossing Puerta del Sol, the practical question is whether access will return. For the institutions involved, the case tests how far one administration can use the courts to force another to act in a public-space dispute.
Ayuso has made that confrontation explicit. She has tied it to safety, movement and the daily operation of the square. Based on the available information, the encampment has moved from a street-level protest into a formal institutional conflict. The court must now decide whether the requested urgent measure is justified.
