Politics · Spain · 1 day ago
PSOE uses insults aimed at Sánchez to rally supporters ahead of Spain’s election
Spain’s Socialist Workers’ Party, the PSOE, held a major pre-campaign rally in Dos Hermanas, in the province of Seville.
About 5,000 people attended, and the party showed a video featuring insults aimed at Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez by political figures and journalists.
The video asked whether he was being attacked for raising the minimum wage, record employment and higher pensions.
The PSOE has used insults aimed at Sánchez to rally supporters before, including in the 2023 election campaign.
At the rally, Sánchez described himself as “a dog without an owner” and said he served ordinary people.
He argued that the opposition insults when it is out of government and cuts spending when it is in power.
The general election is scheduled for November 29, and Sánchez said he expected the PSOE to win another four years in government.
The PSOE showed a video featuring insults directed at Pedro Sánchez at a campaign event in Dos Hermanas, Seville.
The party said the video was intended to mobilise its supporters ahead of Spain’s general election on 29 November.
Sánchez described himself as a “dog without an owner” and said he served ordinary people.
About 5,000 people from Andalusia’s eight provinces attended the event, according to El Mundo.
The PSOE had used insults aimed at Sánchez to rally supporters in the 2023 election campaign as well.
- Who
- The PSOE and its leader, Pedro Sánchez.
- What
- The PSOE showed a video of insults directed at Sánchez to rally supporters ahead of the general election.
- When
- 10 October 2026. The election is scheduled for 29 November.
- Where
- Dos Hermanas, Seville, Spain.
- Why
- The PSOE used the insults to try to mobilise its voters.
PSOE and Pedro Sánchez
Sánchez’s critics
Insults directed at Sánchez
PSOE and Pedro Sánchez
The PSOE presented the insults as attacks on Sánchez linked to policies it says benefit most people.
Sánchez’s critics
Critics quoted in the video used insults to attack Sánchez.
Political outlook
PSOE and Pedro Sánchez
Sánchez said the opposition would return to government after the election and argued that hope wins elections.
Sánchez’s critics
Not stated
I may be a dog, but I have no owner.
They called him a traitor and a felon because he was pursuing a policy that benefits most people rather than the powerful.
If they are in opposition, they insult. And if they are in government, they make cuts.
Fear does not win elections; hope does.
Sánchez called himself a dog with no owner during a parliamentary exchange with Vox leader Santiago Abascal.
The PSOE showed its video at a campaign event in Dos Hermanas, attended by Sánchez.
Spain’s general election is scheduled to take place.
- Event location
- Dos Hermanas, Seville
- Event date
- 10 October 2026
- Attendance
- About 5,000 people
- Attendees’ origins
- Andalusia’s eight provinces
- Election date
- 29 November
Sources
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