The Popular Party has escalated the tone of its attacks against Pedro Sánchez after the train accident in Urda (Toledo). The party's official account published a message on X this Saturday in which it reprimands the President of the Government for the possibility of sharing cultural recommendations during the days of mourning. "Today is Saturday but we are still in mourning. Don't you dare recommend a book or upload a damn song, Pedro. Don't you dare," the PP wrote.
Hoy es sábado pero seguimos de luto.
— Partido Popular (@ppopular) October 31, 2026
Que no se te ocurra recomendar un libro o subir una puñetera canción, Pedro.
QUE NO SE TE OCURRA.
The message, addressed directly to Sánchez, uses a warning tone and adds to the escalation of political confrontation that has occurred since the accident. The popular party has turned the tragedy into one of the main arguments of its criticism of the Executive less than a month before the general elections on November 29.
The publication comes after the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, once again attacked the Government on X and called it a "criminal organization". The far-right leader has taken advantage of the statements by the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, about a possible temporary closure of the Madrid-Barcelona high-speed line to accuse the Executive of lying about the causes of the accident. "Because they lie. Because they are responsible. Because this government is a criminal organization," he wrote.
The PP hardens its threats against Sánchez one month before the elections
The message published by the popular party is not the only move with which Feijóo has increased pressure on the Government since the accident. On Friday, October 30, the president of the PP demanded political accountability from Pedro Sánchez and Óscar Puente after meeting with experts in infrastructure and railway safety.
"If they don't resign, we will remove them at the polls," warned the popular leader, who also accused the Executive of having abandoned the "culture of safety." Feijóo even compared the Minister of Transport to a "fuse" that, in his opinion, would serve to protect the President of the Government from political responsibilities. The PP has thus maintained the accident as one of the main axes of its discourse on the eve of 29N. Feijóo visited Urda on Thursday, signed the book of condolences and, a day later, met with railway safety experts to present his criticisms and proposals on infrastructure management.
Meanwhile, Vox has maintained its pre-campaign agenda from the outset and has used its rallies to demand the resignation of Sánchez and Puente. Abascal even assured that his party would not believe the Government's explanations about the causes of the accident and that his tribute to the deceased consisted of continuing with his political denunciations.
The precedent of Angrois once again puts Feijóo in front of his own archives
The demands for accountability that Feijóo is now raising have also reopened the debate about his actions during the Angrois accident, which occurred in Galicia in July 2013, when he presided over the Xunta. In that accident, 80 people died, and the then-president of Galicia defended that the accident was due to human error.
The differences between both positions have been highlighted by various journalistic reports. According to Público, the Galician PP blocked up to four initiatives to create an investigation commission on Angrois between 2013 and 2016, while now Feijóo demands that all political and technical responsibilities for what happened in Urda be clarified. The popular leader has rejected comparisons with that accident and has defended that the judicial ruling on Angrois supported his position. However, his current demand for explanations and resignations contrasts with the resistance that, according to reports on the management of that tragedy, his party then showed to opening a parliamentary investigation.
The railway tragedy has thus become a new scenario of confrontation between the PP, Vox, and the Government, with increasingly harsh messages as the November 29 election approaches.
