Politics · Spain · 1 day ago
Sánchez pledges constitutional protection for pensions and abortion rights
At a campaign event in Bilbao, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made new social policy pledges ahead of the November 29 general election.
He said he would seek constitutional protection for pension increases in line with inflation and for abortion rights.
Sánchez also promised to raise the minimum wage every year while his party is in government.
The promises come amid debate over the train crash in Urda that killed 69 people; Sánchez had addressed the tragedy at earlier campaign events, but did not mention it in this Bilbao speech, according to one account.
He called for a broad, progressive majority and said he would ask all parliamentary parties to support the constitutional changes.
The proposals would require support from other parties, and the election will determine who forms the next government.
Pedro Sánchez pledged at a campaign event in Bilbao to protect pension increases linked to inflation and abortion rights in Spain’s Constitution.
He also said that a government led by him would raise the minimum wage every year.
Sánchez called for a broad, progressive majority in the 29 November election.
The event came amid attention to a railway accident in Urda, Toledo, in which 69 people died.
Sánchez did not refer to the accident during his Bilbao speech, according to 20minutos.
- Who
- Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime minister and PSOE candidate for re-election.
- What
- He pledged to constitutionally protect inflation-linked pension increases and abortion rights, and to raise the minimum wage each year while in government.
- When
- Sunday, 8 November 2026.
- Where
- A PSOE campaign event in Bilbao, Spain.
- Why
- He presented the pledges as social commitments and called for a broad, progressive majority in the 29 November election.
Pedro Sánchez
Partido Popular (PP)
Abortion rights
Pedro Sánchez
Sánchez pledged to protect the right to abortion in the Constitution.
Partido Popular (PP)
Sánchez said the PP intended to review abortion rights.
Sánchez held an event in Valencia, observed a minute of silence and spoke about the government’s response to the railway accident.
In Barcelona, Sánchez said it had taken 15 years to reverse cuts to railway infrastructure investment.
At a campaign event in Bilbao, Sánchez pledged constitutional protection for pensions and abortion rights.
A state funeral for the 69 people killed in the Urda railway accident is scheduled to take place at Toledo Cathedral.
- Pension commitment
- Protect pension increases linked to the consumer price index in the Constitution
- Abortion commitment
- Protect abortion rights in the Constitution
- Minimum wage
- Sánchez said he would raise it every year while in government
- Election date
- 29 November
- Bilbao event
- More than 2,000 PSOE supporters attended, according to El Mundo
- Urda accident
- 69 people died in the railway accident, according to the articles
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What people are saying
We are going to demand it of all parliamentary parties.
Let what happens in Spain be decided in Spain.
The world is watching us.
If you want us to go further and faster in social achievements, especially in housing, I am not asking for a simple majority, I am asking for a broad and progressive majority in the next Parliament, to go further and faster in social achievements.