- 1Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist candidate, urged mass voting at a Tarragona pre-campaign rally on Saturday, El País reports.
- 2About 2,000 people attended, according to El País.
- 3Sánchez referred to Pope Leo XIV's announced decision to take part in the U.S. midterms, El País reports.
- 4El País says most polls point to a PP-Vox majority in the Nov. 29 election.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist candidate for re-election, called on supporters to vote in large numbers in Spain's general election on Nov. 29. He spoke on Saturday at a pre-campaign rally in Tarragona, according to El País.
Spain holds a general election on Nov. 29. El País reports most polls point to a majority for the Popular Party and Vox, and that the Socialists see discouragement among their base as a major risk.
What Sánchez said
"The best recipe against involution is called mobilization. If we vote en masse, we send Feijóo and Abascal home," Sánchez told about 2,000 people, according to El País's count. He added: "Even the pope has voted!" El País and Europa Press both carry the pope remark. El País says it referred to Pope Leo XIV making public his decision to take part in the U.S. midterm elections. Sánchez also said Spain would not be allowed to become the "backyard of the far-right international," El País reports. Quotes are translated from Spanish.
European vice president Teresa Ribera and Catalan regional president Salvador Illa accompanied him, El País reports.
Context reported by El País
El País reports that most polls point to a sufficient majority for the Popular Party and Vox to govern. It also reports that in the previous general election, known in Spain as 23-J, up to two million progressive voters stayed home or backed parties that won no seats. El País says the Socialists see discouragement among their base as a major risk.
In Brief
- Sánchez spoke in Tarragona before about 2,000 people, according to El País.
- He urged mass voting for the Nov. 29 election.
- El País reports most polls point to a PP-Vox majority.
Sources
El País and Europa Press. Details beyond the quoted pope remark and the call to vote against involution come from El País.
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