LIVE | Feijóo and Sánchez conduct their first interviews ahead of 29N: latest election news, political repercussions of their statements, PSOE, PP, Vox and Frente Amplio pre-campaign
Follow the minute by minute of the latest news regarding the general elections of November 29. Alberto Núñez Feijóo grants an interview on the SER channel after Pedro Sánchez's presence on the program La Revuelta, presented by David Broncano. For their part, the coalitions rush the deadline for the official registration of their candidates for Congress and the Senate.
Minister Sira Riego has accused Feijóo of resorting to "old man sexism" after his statements about feminism
Sira Rego, Minister of Youth and Children, has called the president of the Popular Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, "old-man syndrome" after his statements in which he claimed to be a feminist because he was "raised in a house with many more women than men."
"Day 18 of pre-campaign: old-man syndrome, the worldview. From 'I'm not sexist because I have a mother' to wanting to decide how much our rights are worth. Feijóo, knowing women doesn't make you a feminist. Cover yourself up a bit," she published on her 'X' account.
Yolanda Díaz criticizes Feijóo for his statements about the SMI: "With the PP (the SMI) it will not go up one euro for working people"
Second Vice President of the Government of Spain and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, has used her Bluesky account to criticize Feijóo after his interview on Cadena Ser.
Feijóo lies or doesn't know what he's talking about. Whoever earns the minimum wage does not pay income tax. Since 2018 it has gone from 736 to 1,221 euros. And we are going to raise it more.
Óscar López and his criticisms of Feijóo for the increase in the SMI and the elimination of the Ministry of Equality
The minister has shown himself to be “concerned” by Feijóo’s statements, in which he considers that he has questioned the right to abortion, euthanasia, and the increase in the SMI. “If we left the SMI in the hands of the employers, it would not go up,” he assured.
Regarding the proposal to eliminate the Ministry of Equality, López affirmed that Feijóo proposes it because “they do not understand equality.”
Óscar López criticizes the PP for using AI to generate videos and "confuse" people who are not used to it
The Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, and leader of the PSOE in the Community of Madrid, has criticized Feijóo's party for using AI-generated videos. "It can affect us all, impersonate personality, it is very easy for a person who is not used to living with AI to confuse it with reality, it is telling people a colossal lie, and for a party to do it on its official accounts seems intolerable to me."
Feijóo says Vox should consider not running for the Senate in provinces where it will not obtain a senator
"It will depend on Vox's will if it wants to give up running in provinces where it has no senator", and if that were to happen, "a pact can be reached", assured the PP candidate.
The PP candidate has spoken about content control in cinema that Vox has proposed
"Sectarianism and partisanship financed by public funds must have minimums, you can make your film as long as it complies with the law of non-defamation, but with public money to make partisanship, I don't think so. Do you think that with public money the PP can make a film against the PSOE or some of the PSOE's proposals?" said Feijóo.
Feijóo recognizes that he will reopen the abortion debate if he reaches La Moncloa
The leader of the PP has assured that if a 16-year-old girl wants to have an abortion, her parents must have "knowledge" of the decision. In addition, he assured that he will seek to guarantee "better doctors" for women who decide to terminate their pregnancy and "can exercise it in accordance with the laws" of Spain.
Feijóo will not maintain the 22 ministries if he becomes Prime Minister and assures he is "feminist"
"I am not going to maintain 22 ministries. I am going to tell the minister who leads Equality to take care of other things," she said.
"How am I not going to be a feminist if I grew up with more women than men, and at this age and with my political views, how am I not going to think that a woman is equal to a man," she added
Feijóo assures pensions and promises the CPI update although he stresses that they will have "many problems"
Regarding pensions, Alberto Núñez Feijóo addressed pensioners directly to reiterate that his commitment is to annually update benefits according to the CPI and guarantee the viability of the system for new generations through the framework of the Toledo Pact.
Furthermore, he added: “To pensioners I say: I know we are going to have many problems, I don't believe many of the State's accounts, we will do an audit.”
Feijóo assures he will seek an agreement with unions to "agree on the minimum wage"
Regarding the increase in the minimum wage, Feijóo has said he is in favor: "The commitment is to meet with unions and social agents and agree on the minimum wage." "I am not going to fall into the trap that the PP is against raising the SMI, it is in favor of raising the average salary and for that the minimum wage has to go up. But it is in favor of discussing with unions and employers."