LIVE | Start of the 29N campaign: Sánchez, Feijóo and Colau in interviews with Jordi Wild, party rallies in Madrid, Seville and Barcelona, latest political reactions
Follow live the start of the electoral campaign for the elections on November 29. Pedro Sánchez (PSOE), Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PP) and Ada Colau (Frente Amplio) star in interviews with Jordi Wild, while the main political parties hold their first campaign events in Madrid, Seville and Barcelona. Check the latest reactions from the parties, the statements of their candidates and all the details of a day that marks the beginning of the electoral race.
Feijóo speaks out about Abascal and his refusal to attend the interview: "I keep my word"
"I respect what everyone wants to do in an election campaign, I'm not going to get into it. We knew the rules and I keep my word. I said yes and that's why I'm here," Feijóo declared after Abascal's controversy about not going to the interview with Jordi Wild.
Feijóo reconfirms that "there will not be a ministry of equality" nor "a ministry of housing"
Alberto Núñez Feijóo has given his own interview with Jordi Wild, in which he has spoken about the design of his hypothetical Executive, assuring that its ministerial structure will be reduced to between 14 or 15 portfolios, reiterating that there will not be a specific Ministry of Equality, as its competencies will be restructured and integrated within "other ministries."
Likewise, despite recognizing that access to housing currently constitutes the main problem facing the country, the leader of the Popular Party has announced that "there will not be a housing ministry either."
Colau has said that Feijóo is "a fairly sincere right-wing man" because he has given "arguments not to vote for him"
When asked about the leader of the Popular Party, Ada Colau was ironic in describing Alberto Núñez Feijóo as “a fairly sincere right-wing man”, arguing that his proposals to cut both pensions and the interprofessional minimum wage serve to show that the popular leader is “giving us reasons not to vote for him”.
Ada Colau assures that Vox is a party that "openly vindicates fascism"
During the same interview with Jordi Wild, and when questioned about the leader of Vox, Ada Colau has called Santiago Abascal "a very cruel person," adding that the far-right party "openly vindicates fascism" due to its support for the Franco regime.
Colau assures that Pedro Sánchez "speaks very well," but in practice does not implement "enough progressive policies"
During her appearance on Jordi Wild's podcast, Ada Colau also spoke about the President of the Government at the presenter's request, stating about Pedro Sánchez that "he is a man who speaks well, but if he doesn't have enough pressure, he doesn't implement enough progressive policies."
Ada Colau proposes "lowering housing prices to live and practically prohibiting speculation"
Regarding housing, Ada Colau has firmly advocated during her speech for intervening in the market to lower rental prices and curb the real estate practices of large funds, pointing out that the main objective should be "to lower housing prices for living and practically prohibit speculation."
Ada Colau lashes out at the right on immigration: "Immigrants do not generate problems in our daily lives"
On immigration matters, the Broad Front candidate has assured that one should not "buy into the right's framework," defending that immigrants "are our neighbors, our children's classmates at school" and that "in their daily lives they do not create problems in our daily lives."
Likewise, the leader has flatly rejected linking crime with immigration during her speech: "Those who commit crimes face the full force of the law, the majority do not commit crimes nor are they any problem."
Ada Colau rules out breaking diplomatic relations with Morocco if she comes to power
The Frente Amplio candidate referred to Morocco and diplomatic relations with Spain. "With a neighboring country you cannot break relations, but relations with Morocco should be reviewed. After what we have seen, I hope there have been meetings to review that relationship."
"If I were president, I would try to make our country depend as little as possible on a regime with which we do not agree," she added.
Ada Colau on the crisis in Ceuta: "The European Union also has indirect responsibility for letting borders be managed by countries with other interests"
Regarding the massive entry of immigrants into Ceuta, Colau said that "the first response from the Government and Presidency was not the best". "There are direct and indirect responsibilities", she added.
"It's impossible that it happened without Morocco knowing, but the European Union also has indirect responsibility for letting borders be managed by countries with other interests," said the candidate in an interview with Jordi Wild.
Colau shields Óscar Puente after he did not resign over the Adamuz accident: "It was not his responsibility"
Regarding Óscar Puente's responsibility in the Adamuz accident, the Frente Amplio candidate has defended the minister, assuring that it was not his responsibility.
"I understand that at that first moment he did not do it due to the short time he had been minister and because the problem came from investments made years before, it was not his responsibility. In the second accident, I believe he had to assume political responsibilities and resign. I was very critical of the insinuation that this had been a human error."