The PSOE does not deviate even a millimeter from the route set out for the US in this campaign elections for the European Parliament. All messages lead to the same place: a call to stop the “great reactionary coalition of Vox and the PP”, as the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, reiterated today during a meeting in Seville. And, in line with recent days, he has spiced up the message incite fear towards more social austerity like those of the 2008 crisis “Not so long ago, Europe was reeling as a result of the austerity of the men in black and their scissors. “Imagine if they return with more legitimacy of the votes and now united with the chainsaw of the far right!”, the leader of the PSOE has warned to try to mobilize his followers.

Sánchez, preceded on stage by the Socialist candidate for the 9-Y elections, Teresa Ribera, has attacked the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, for the statements in which he emphasized that European funds are aimed at combating the consequences. of the pandemic actually imply an increase in the public debt of EU citizens. “He allows himself the luxury of saying they should be rejected. “I don't know which team Feijóo plays for, but he certainly doesn't play for the Spanish team,” he said. Feijoo has not urged rejecting European fundsalthough he did claim that it is not a 'good politician' who increases debt to that level to mobilize money.

According to Sánchez, Feijóo has already dropped “two masks” so far this campaign. One by questioning EU aid, the other by insinuating that he would not mind making a rapprochement with the party of the Brothers of Italy, the party of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. That has given him the opportunity to rival Vox and the PP. “There is a direct way to vote for the far right, which is by voting for Abascal, and there is an indirect way, which is by voting for the PP. And the only party that can stop them is the PSOE.” For this reason, he has asked the Socialists for a mobilization for the European elections similar to that which prevented a 'reactionary grand coalition' in Spain in the July 2023 general elections. “Those of us who mobilized on 23-J must also mobilize on 9-J, because all responses to current and future crises are decided in Brussels,” the President noted.

The fear of the far right is in fact the same argument that the PSOE used in last July's elections and which seemed to work: the right, which according to almost all polls would win and govern, took first place. but not the second. Now the Socialist Secretary General is proposing the same step to also “dismantle all the hoaxes and misinformation” he attributes to the right.

Sánchez has also defended his government's announced decision recognize the state of Palestine next Tuesday: “When we are aware of what happened, we will see that this is the case [el de la ofensiva israelí en Gaza] It has been one of humanity's darkest episodes. “Spaniards will be able to proudly stand up to a government that has put them on the right side of history,” he said.

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The candidate, Teresa Ribera, has hinted at the “flat-earther” proposals that she says the PP is launching. “What about having to choose between agriculture and the environment when there is no farmer who is not aware of what drought means?” asked the Minister for Ecological Transition, who deplored “the false debate between ecology and economy”. of the conservative candidates.

This is Pedro Sánchez's first visit to Andalusia since he spent five days considering whether to lead the government. With those doubts removed, he began campaigning for the Catalan elections of May 12, which Salvador Illa won. This victory is noticeable in the spirit of the Andalusian socialists. Both the First Vice President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, and the Secretary General of the PSOE of Andalusia, Juan Espadas, have spoken encouraging words to their boss. Espadas also extended this to the president's wife, Begoña Gómez, involved in a judicial investigation for alleged influence peddling: “I am sending a great pool of strength and energy to Pedro Sánchez and Begoña Gómez,” he declared.

Montero has also called on the entire PSOE to support Sánchez. “We stand with you, we are going to defend and protect you in every city, in every bar and in every neighborhood,” the vice president launched, describing the socialist leader as a “president vilified by the right.” The PSOE Deputy Secretary General also ensured that those present at the event (about 2,000, according to the party) They will whistle and boo the Argentine president, Javier Mileiwhen he quoted him for “denying social justice.”

Although the European elections are taking place in one constituency, both the PP and PSOE are also reading them in regional order in Andalusia, with a month to go to reach the halfway point of the popular Juan Manuel Moreno's term. Espadas has called on his people to “demonstrate that Andalusia is the largest federation of the PSOE and the one that will receive the most votes.” Since he became Secretary General, has failed to surpass the PP in votes in Spain's most populous community: He has three defeats in a row (Andalusian in 2022 and municipal and general in 2023). Moreno has also set the June 9 European elections as a priority target and will be fully involved to ensure the PP wins its first European victory. elections in Andalusia.