Politics · Spain · 1 hr ago
Feijóo urges regional leaders to campaign hard ahead of 29 November election
Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of Spain’s People’s Party (PP), has called on the party’s regional leaders to campaign actively before the 29 November election.
He wants them to organise campaign tours across their regions and mobilise party members, as if they were also facing an election.
The PP governs in 11 of Spain’s 17 regions, giving the party a network it can use during the campaign.
Feijóo is seeking to avoid a repeat of the 2023 election, when polls suggested he would win but he fell short of forming a government.
The PP sees Catalonia as a key area because the PSOE’s lead there helped it retain power after that election.
The party is considering putting Badalona mayor Xavier García Albiol at the top of its candidate list for Barcelona, but no decision is stated.
Feijóo has also said he will take part in a second televised debate with candidates from the four leading parties, after skipping one in 2023.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo has urged regional leaders of Spain’s People’s Party (PP) to campaign actively ahead of the 29 November election.
He wants regional leaders to run their own campaign tours and mobilise party members across their territories.
The PP aims to avoid repeating mistakes from the July 2023 campaign, when polls predicted a win but the party failed to take power.
The party is considering Xavier García Albiol, the mayor of Badalona, as its lead candidate for Barcelona in the Congress election.
The PP governs 11 of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities, as well as Ceuta and Melilla.
- Who
- Alberto Núñez Feijóo and regional leaders of Spain’s People’s Party.
- What
- Feijóo urged regional leaders to campaign actively and organise their own campaign tours ahead of the election.
- When
- The election is scheduled for 29 November. Feijóo made the appeal at a private meal the previous Thursday.
- Where
- Spain.
- Why
- Feijóo wants the party to mobilise fully and avoid repeating mistakes from the 2023 campaign.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
I want you all activated, every one of you. From the first to the last. From the regional president to the member who has just joined. From the mayor of the big city to the opposition councillor in the smallest town.
We are not setting out to maintain any advantage, we are not setting out to manage any poll, we are not setting out to preserve a victory that has not happened. We are setting out to win, we are going all in.
The PP campaign ended with the party failing to take power despite polls predicting it would win.
Feijóo asked regional leaders at a private meal to run their own campaign tours and stay fully mobilised.
Spain’s election is scheduled to take place.
- Election date
- 29 November
- PP regional governments
- 11 of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities
- Possible Barcelona candidate
- Xavier García Albiol
- Previous campaign
- July 2023
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