The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, has delivered this February 28 a speech marked by emotion and an institutional tone on the occasion of Día de Andalucía, at the ceremony for the presentation of the titles of Favorite Son, Favorite Daughter and the Medals of Andalucía.
Visibly affected, Moreno came to tears when remembering the victims of the Adamuz tragedy, where 46 people died. For several minutes he recounted what was experienced that night and valued the work of the emergency services and the response of the municipality itself. It was the most human moment of an intervention in which he avoided political clash with the central Government and made no allusions to public health or autonomous financing.
Our spirit and our strength is to make the impossible possible, to dream big and go for it all.
— Juanma Moreno (@JuanMa_Moreno) February 28, 2026
Let's continue making Andalusia a reality to be proud of.
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In his speech he vindicated “the friendly Andalusia”, insisting that “The friendly Andalusia is a clear majority”, and defended a project based on coexistence, moderation, and understanding.
The Andalusian president also reaffirmed his Executive's commitment against gender violence. “We continue fighting tirelessly against sexist violence, an aberration that shames our society”, he stated. “A modern Andalucía cannot, nor will it tolerate, a woman living in fear”, he stressed, also in reference to the murder of a woman in El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz), investigated as an alleged case of gender violence.
Moreno described as “unbearable the figure of ten murdered women and two children, victims of vicarious violence, in just two months in our country”, and assured that “here we all matter, that's why we are not going to tire of fighting inequalities wherever they are”.
Regarding this scourge, he/she was emphatic: “we cannot tolerate it, we must not tolerate it and we are not going to tolerate it”. Furthermore, he/she defended that the Junta “wants to lead from equality and humanity, guaranteeing that women are present in all decision-making spaces, participate and mark new paths”.
“Only thus will we be able to advance towards a more just, more egalitarian, and also happier Andalusia,” he/she concluded.
