Politics · Spain · 8 hrs ago
Sánchez urges pro-European voters to oppose Vox leader Abascal
Pedro Sánchez urged pro-European voters to support the PSOE at a campaign rally in Palma de Mallorca on Saturday.
He framed the choice as a contest between wanting a stronger European Union and backing leaders who oppose closer European ties.
Sánchez criticized Vox leader Santiago Abascal’s links to far-right figures, including Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Italy’s Matteo Salvini.
The rally organizers said more than 5,000 people attended.
Sánchez pointed to the EU-funded response to the Covid-19 crisis as an alternative to the spending cuts he says Spain faced during the financial crisis.
His appeal draws on broad support for the EU in Spain: a 2024 Eurobarometer found 70% of Spaniards were positively inclined toward the bloc, above the European average of 63%.
A planned Monday conversation with Brazil’s Lula was called off because Lula had lost his voice.
Pedro Sánchez urged pro-European voters to back the PSOE and oppose Vox leader Santiago Abascal.
He made the appeal at a PSOE rally in Palma de Mallorca on Saturday.
Sánchez contrasted his call for “more Europe” with support for Abascal from European far-right leaders, including Viktor Orbán and Matteo Salvini.
He argued that European funds helped Spain respond to the 2020 pandemic crisis, unlike the austerity imposed during the financial crisis.
The rally drew more than 5,000 people, according to the organizers.
- Who
- Pedro Sánchez urged pro-European voters to oppose Santiago Abascal and Vox.
- What
- He called for the votes of people who want more Europe.
- When
- Saturday, 14 November 2026.
- Where
- A PSOE rally in Palma de Mallorca.
- Why
- Sánchez said pro-European voters should oppose Abascal and the anti-European far-right leaders who support him.
Pedro Sánchez and the PSOE
Santiago Abascal and Vox
Europe
Pedro Sánchez and the PSOE
Sánchez called for votes from people who want more Europe.
Santiago Abascal and Vox
Abascal has received support from far-right leaders described by Sánchez as anti-European.
Economic policy
Pedro Sánchez and the PSOE
Sánchez cited European funds as a response to the pandemic and criticized austerity during the financial crisis.
Santiago Abascal and Vox
Sánchez said Abascal and the PP offered “cuts and a chainsaw”; the article does not give Abascal’s response.
Sánchez called for pro-European voters to support the PSOE at a rally in Palma de Mallorca.
A planned dialogue between Sánchez and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Madrid was canceled because Lula had lost his voice.
- Rally location
- Palma de Mallorca
- Rally attendance
- More than 5,000, according to the organizers
- Spanish affinity with the EU
- 70% in the 2024 Eurobarometer
- European Union average affinity
- 63% in the 2024 Eurobarometer
- Planned dialogue
- Sánchez and Lula, Monday at UGT headquarters in Madrid
What people are saying
the vote of all the pro-Europeans who want more Europe and not less Europe
What we do not want for the world, let us not want for our country
What do Feijóo and Abascal represent? They do not represent an alternative to anything because they offer nothing except cuts and the chainsaw
I am sure you will continue to defend your ideas with the passion and determination you always have
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