The Popular Party (PP) intensified its criticism this Wednesday of the general strike called by the unions and, in addition to calling it a “nonsense”, it has disseminated a controversial image on its social networks, generated by artificial intelligence, in which people appear simulating to be union delegates from UGT and CC OO enjoying a seafood feast. The publication is accompanied by the message: “A critical moment of the strike is approaching… …the appetizer”.
Se acerca un momento crítico de la huelga… …el aperitivo. https://t.co/2iOoPOQMCP
— Partido Popular (@ppopular) November 11, 2026
In parallel to that offensive on social media, the PP has denounced that the Government of Pedro Sánchez “encourages” a strike that it considers “electoral” and “political”, just over two weeks before the general elections, and has maintained that the call goes against “common sense”. The party has also warned that the mobilization could damage the “credibility” of the trade union movement.
In an informative meeting organized by Artículo 14, Sémper assured that the “elite” of the unions is today doing “irreparable damage” and “very profound” damage to the trade union movement, a tool that, he stressed, “is necessary in a democracy”. “And this seems to me one of today's very relevant consequences,” he pointed out.
The national spokesperson for the PP insisted that this “absurd political strike” will “harm” the Spanish economy, but also “will harm the credibility of the trade union movement”. In his opinion, the call reflects current times, in which “criteria and responsibility have been inverted”.
Criticism of unions and message about the political climate
Sémper pointed out that “perhaps” in “some Peronist country” or from “other latitudes” they might find “some reference in which the Government encourages a general strike”. He also criticized that the unions announced the strike once the elections were called, recalling that, in theory, general strikes are usually called “to provoke political change” or “to go against a Government”.
The national spokesperson for the PP assured that he is “concerned” about the “deterioration of the credibility of one of the fundamental pillars” of democracy, referring to the unions. “There is no public debate about the role of unions, which have not evolved at all,” he stated.
After the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, called for an end to “union garbage,” Sémper did not want to delve into the meaning of those words and said that, in politics, as in life, “everyone expresses themselves as they see fit”.
“I believe that what we are seeing seems absurd to us. An unacceptable absurdity, but one that is a reflection of the times we have had to live through,” he added, before assuring that they are in the “death throes” of the legislature presided over by Pedro Sánchez, in which, he said, “extravagant things”, “a continuous theater” and an “inversion of responsibility” have been seen.
In this context, he has maintained that, if Alberto Núñez Feijóo reaches Moncloa, he will bring “rationality” because he is the “adult in the room” with a “managerial” profile who seeks to “calm Spanish politics”. Sémper has also predicted that the general elections on November 29 will be a “political defeat” for the left and also a social one, because, in his opinion, “it has abandoned the defense of the material conditions of citizens”.
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