Politics · Spain · 4 hrs ago
Sánchez repeats slogan warning against “the past” in TV interview
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez repeated “We will not allow the past to advance” during an interview on RTVE’s La Revuelta with host David Broncano.
Spain’s Equality Ministry had used the slogan in March for International Women’s Day, linking it to the risk of losing women’s rights.
The commentary argues that the slogan casts Sánchez’s opponents as a threat to past progress and criticises its use in the election campaign.
It also traces political divisions to laws on historical memory passed under Sánchez and former prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
The writer says the campaign is framed around fears of a conservative government, including concerns about democracy and Spain’s system of regional autonomy and welfare.
The commentary asks whether Sánchez’s slogan can change what polls predict, but gives no answer or further campaign developments.
Pedro Sánchez repeated the slogan “We will not allow the past to advance” during an interview on the Spanish television programme La Revuelta.
The slogan was first put into circulation by the Ministry of Equality in March, on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
The article says Sánchez used the slogan during a pre-election campaign and asks whether it could change what opinion polls predict.
It presents the slogan as a warning that a conservative government could threaten democracy and Spain’s welfare and regional systems.
- Who
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
- What
- He repeated the slogan “We will not allow the past to advance” during a television interview.
- When
- The interview date is not stated. The article was published on 25 October 2026.
- Where
- On La Revuelta, a Spanish television programme hosted by David Broncano.
- Why
- The article says the slogan was used in a pre-election campaign to warn against a return to past restrictions and a possible conservative government.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Ministry of Equality put the slogan into circulation for International Women’s Day.
Sánchez repeated the slogan during an interview on La Revuelta; the interview date is not stated.
Expansión published its article criticizing Sánchez’s use of the slogan.
- Programme
- La Revuelta
- Host
- David Broncano
- Slogan
- We will not allow the past to advance
- First circulated
- March 2026, by the Ministry of Equality
- Article publication
- 25 October 2026
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What people are saying
We will not allow the past to advance.
Does Sánchez really think that by polarizing the campaign the decent voter will forget how indecorous his time in power has been?