LIVE | General Elections 29N: latest news on Sánchez, Feijóo, polls, 24 hours before presenting coalitions
Follow live the minute-by-minute of the latest news regarding the general elections of November 29. From the pre-campaign activities of Sánchez and Feijóo, to the parties that are already in the final stretch to present their coalitions.
Feijóo accuses Sánchez of turning Spain into a "problem" for the European Union at the EPP leaders' meeting
The president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, participated this Thursday in the meeting of leaders of the European People's Party (EPP), prior to the European Council in Brussels. During his speech, he strongly criticized Pedro Sánchez, whom he accuses of having eroded Spain's credibility before community partners, and promised that, if he reaches La Moncloa, he will restore the trust of European institutions.
Más Madrid sees the integration of Podemos with Frente Amplio as complicated, but does not close the door to it
Emilio Delgado, regional deputy for Más Madrid and head of the Frente Amplio list, has once again insisted on the integration of Podemos into the left-wing coalition, despite admitting that reaching an agreement is a difficult task. “It is easier to talk about unity than to carry it out,” he noted.
Delgado has also left all possibilities open with the coalition, assuring that they are still defining the lists.
Maíllo (IU) calls the agreement proposed by Podemos "shredded" and rejects negotiating outside the Broad Front
Following Ione Belarra's proposal to negotiate with Izquierda Unida (IU) in most autonomous communities, excluding Madrid and Barcelona, Antonio Maíllo has rejected the offer. Furthermore, the federal coordinator of IU has called Podemos's proposal a "chopped up" agreement and has emphatically stated that his party will not negotiate outside the limits of the Frente Amplio.
The PSOE of Murcia announces María González as its candidate for Congress and Irene Jódar for the Senate
The Regional Committee of the PSRM-PSOE has approved the proposed candidacy for the Cortes Generales, placing María González Veracruz as head of the list for Congress and Irene Jórdan as number one for the Senate. The proposal must be ratified on October 17 by the Federal List Commission and the Federal Committee of the PSOE.
Ada Colau regrets ERC's refusal to negotiate and asks Rufián to join the Broad Front
The former mayor of Barcelona and candidate for the Frente Amplio regretted this Thursday that the leadership of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) has closed the door to Comuns in an attempt at negotiation. "The answer was that they don't even want to sit down and talk," she assured.
"I want to strongly encourage Gabriel Rufián to fight within his party because I believe he now has the ascendancy, he has the strength of popular support, to propose this anti-fascist candidacy," Colau added, referring to the ERC.
Podemos extends a hand to IU leaving out of the agreement the communities of Madrid and Catalonia
Ione Belarra, general secretary of Podemos, has proposed a coalition agreement to Izquierda Unida (IU) in most autonomous communities, excluding Madrid and Barcelona. In an interview with RNE, Belarra explained that this alliance will be limited to territories where "only both forces exist," expressly mentioning regions such as Murcia, Cantabria, Asturias, and Andalusia.
Feijóo will take a plan to Brussels to shield the borders of the European Union and allow immediate expulsions of immigrants
Alberto Núñez Feijóo, president of the Popular Party, will present an urgent plan to Brussels this Thursday to shield the external borders of the European Union and implement an immediate expulsion protocol, with the purpose of protecting the State against migratory crises like the one experienced in Ceuta.
"An emergency protocol must be designed to protect the EU from attacks and hybrid wars like that of Ceuta. It is essential to have legal tools to act against elements of external destabilization," sources from the PP leadership said prior to the meeting in the community capital.