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Sánchez urges voters to turn out in Spain’s 29 November election
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez urged voters to turn out at a campaign rally in Tarragona ahead of the 29 November general election.
He is seeking re-election as leader of the PSOE, Spain’s Socialist Party.
Sánchez pointed to the defeat of Donald Trump in the US midterm elections and Lula’s victory in Brazil as signs that the far-right wave could recede in Spain too.
He called for a broad majority to stop the opposition People’s Party (PP) and Vox from taking power.
Addressing a crash in Urda, Toledo, that killed 69 people, Sánchez blamed Rajoy-era cuts to rail investment, saying it took 15 years to reverse them.
He also promised further rights and increases to the minimum wage and pensions if his government stays in office.
The election will decide whether Sánchez remains prime minister for another four years.
Pedro Sánchez urged voters to turn out in Spain’s 29 November general election, saying mass voting could defeat the far right.
The Socialist Party leader called for a broad majority to keep the People’s Party and Vox from governing.
At a campaign event in Tarragona, Sánchez cited political developments in the United States and Brazil as signs that the far-right wave could recede in Spain.
He also blamed cuts to railway investment under Mariano Rajoy’s government for delays in restoring infrastructure spending after the 2010 financial crisis.
Sánchez referred to the Urda rail accident, which the articles say killed 69 people.
- Who
- Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime minister and the Socialist Party’s candidate for re-election.
- What
- He urged voters to turn out in the general election and called for a broad majority to stop the People’s Party and Vox.
- When
- He made the appeal on Saturday, 7 November 2026. The election is scheduled for 29 November.
- Where
- At a campaign event in Tarragona, Spain.
- Why
- He said mobilisation was the best way to oppose what he described as a far-right wave and to keep the People’s Party and Vox from governing.
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Sánchez held a pre-campaign event in Valencia.
Sánchez spoke at a campaign event in Tarragona and urged voters to turn out on 29 November.
Spain’s general election is scheduled to take place.
- Election date
- 29 November 2026
- Campaign event
- Tarragona, Spain
- Attendees
- 2,000 people, according to 20minutos
- Rail accident death toll
- 69 people
- Rail investment
- Sánchez said it had taken 15 years to reverse cuts made after the 2010 financial crisis
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What people are saying
Spain needs progress, and the best recipe against regression is mobilisation.
If we vote in large numbers, we send Feijóo and Abascal home.
Spain is governed from Spain, not from Washington, Argentina or Israel.
We have the Pope and the punk voting in the United States.