Politics · Spain · 13 hrs ago
Sánchez links his campaign to progressive wins in Brazil and the US
Pedro Sánchez is using recent progressive successes in Brazil and the US to argue that the far-right wave is weakening.
The Spanish prime minister has returned to campaigning after a 10-day pause following the Urda accident.
His Socialist Workers’ Party believes those international developments could encourage progressive voters in Spain, while the conservative People’s Party says Spanish elections are decided mainly by domestic issues.
Sánchez is focusing on public services and the welfare state, and presents progressives as defenders of Spanish patriotism against far-right movements.
He says Spain should be governed from Spain, not influenced by foreign political interests.
His team is trying to arrange a campaign rally with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, though it may be difficult because Lula is exhausted after his long campaign.
Pedro Sánchez is linking his Spanish campaign to what he describes as progressive resistance victories in Brazil and the United States.
He argues that the right-wing political wave is weakening and that Spain should be the next country to stop the far right.
His team is trying to arrange a campaign rally in Spain with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The PSOE believes events abroad can influence Spanish voters, especially progressives who are less mobilised.
The PP takes the opposite view, saying Spanish elections are decided mainly by domestic and local issues.
- Who
- Pedro Sánchez and the PSOE are drawing on progressive political developments in Brazil and the United States. The PP sees the election differently.
- What
- Sánchez is framing his campaign as part of a wider effort to resist the far right.
- When
- Sánchez returned to campaigning after a 10-day pause. He spoke in Tarragona on Saturday.
- Where
- Spain, including a rally in Tarragona. His campaign team is trying to arrange a rally with Lula in Spain.
- Why
- The PSOE believes progressive wins abroad can encourage Spanish voters, particularly less-mobilised progressives. The PP says international affairs will not decide the election.
PSOE and Pedro Sánchez
PP and Alberto Núñez Feijóo
Influence of international politics
PSOE and Pedro Sánchez
The PSOE believes developments in Brazil and the United States can affect Spanish voters.
PP and Alberto Núñez Feijóo
The PP believes elections are decided by Spanish or local issues, not events abroad.
Political momentum
PSOE and Pedro Sánchez
Sánchez says the right-wing wave is weakening and presents Spain as a place to stop the far right.
PP and Alberto Núñez Feijóo
The PP says international issues are not where the election will be decided.
Sánchez returned to campaigning following the Urda accident.
Sánchez spoke in Tarragona and said the far-right wave was crumbling.
Sánchez’s team sought to arrange a rally in Spain with Lula.
- Campaign break
- 10 days
- Tarragona rally
- Saturday
- Brazil
- 213 million inhabitants
- United States
- 350 million inhabitants
- Mexico
- 130 million inhabitants
What people are saying
The wind is starting not to be favourable for the PP and Vox. It has changed. And Feijóo is a ship without an engine; he needs that wind.
I am very sorry for Santiago Abascal and Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who wanted to ride the far-right wave, but it is crumbling. And it will crumble in Spain. Let’s make history.
Spain is governed from Spain, not from Washington, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv or Moscow. We will not allow Spain to become the backyard of the far-right international.