Politics · Spain · 8 hrs ago
Sánchez skips international meetings to focus on Spain’s 29 November election
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is putting his election campaign first as the country prepares to vote on 29 November.
He has cancelled plans to attend a climate summit in Turkey and meetings of European leaders in Dublin this week.
The meetings would have addressed European issues, including artificial intelligence and the war in Ukraine.
Sánchez is scheduled to hold campaign events in Seville, Extremadura, Palma de Mallorca and Alcorcón over four days.
His attendance at a European Union summit in Brussels on 26 and 27 November remains undecided, because it falls in the final days of the campaign.
That summit is due to discuss the EU’s next long-term budget and the appointment of a new head of the European Central Bank.
Spain is backing former central bank governor Pablo Hernández de Cos for the ECB post.
Pedro Sánchez has canceled plans to attend several international meetings to focus on Spain’s 29 November general election campaign.
The meetings he plans to miss include a climate summit in Antalya and gatherings in Dublin of the European Political Community and the European Council.
Sánchez is stepping up his campaign schedule, with four rallies planned across four consecutive days this week.
He hosted the XXX Ibero-American Summit in Madrid last week.
His attendance at a special European Council summit in Brussels on 26 and 27 November has not been decided.
- Who
- Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime minister and leader of the PSOE.
- What
- He has canceled plans to attend several international meetings and is prioritizing his election campaign.
- When
- The cancellations are for meetings this week, ahead of the 29 November election.
- Where
- The missed meetings are in Antalya, Turkey, and Dublin, Ireland.
- Why
- He is focusing on the election campaign and seeking to improve his party’s position before voters go to the polls.
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Sánchez hosted the XXX Ibero-American Summit in Madrid.
He held three campaign rallies on consecutive days.
Sánchez resumed campaign events in València, followed by rallies in Tarragona on Saturday and Bilbao on Sunday.
He plans to miss meetings in Antalya and Dublin and hold four campaign rallies on consecutive days.
A special European Council summit is scheduled in Brussels, but Sánchez’s attendance has not been decided.
- Election date
- 29 November
- Missed meeting location
- Antalya, Turkey
- Missed meeting location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Planned campaign schedule
- Four rallies in four consecutive days
- Special European Council summit
- 26–27 November in Brussels