Pedro Sánchez promises to enshrine in the Constitution the revaluation of pensions and calls for a massive vote to prevent the arrival of Feijóo and Abascal
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Pedro Sánchez transferred this Sunday to Bilbao the promise to shield the revaluation of pensions during the next legislature and asked for a "massive" vote on November 29 to maintain a progressive government. The warning was direct: without a broad majority, he argued, social conquests will advance more slowly.
The general secretary of the PSOE and president of the Government spoke at a pre-campaign event at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao, the epicenter of pensioners' mobilizations, with the slogan "The Strength of the Country", before a full auditorium and amidst shouts of "president".
Sánchez assured that in Spain "much has been achieved" in social advances with economic growth as well, but defended that in the next four years "much more will be achieved" with a new progressive government. "That's why the right attacks us," he stated, extending the criticism not only to the PP and Vox, but also to the international far-right.
According to his account, Spain would be the "living proof," not only in words but in "deeds," that hope is "more efficient" for prosperity than hatred. The president also promised that, while he governs, the Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI) will increase every year and reiterated his commitment to "enshrine in the Constitution" the revaluation of pensions.
After linking it to the advance in rights, Sánchez claimed: "That's why they attack us," insisting that the campaign is decided between progress and involution, and framed the event at a moment he described as transcendental.
The "dilemma" for Europe and the blow against the far-right, according to the PSOE Sánchez maintained that "it is also palpable here in Bilbao" that "a particularly important moment" is being experienced, not only for Euskadi and Spain, but also "for Europe and for the world." In his opinion, Western societies face a "transcendental dilemma" for the coming years: whether they advance or involute.
The president recalled that Spain has advanced in recent decades after "a long night of the Francoist dictatorship" and affirmed that rights were achieved that, for many veterans and their ancestors, would be "unimaginable" today.
He also stated that the PSOE will do on 29N "the same as in the US," after people there became "the epicenter of the entire international far-right," and said: "We are going for the Congress and for the Senate because there is much work to be done." Along these lines, he cited decisions attributed to the Spanish Government during the "far-right wave" such as saying "no to the war in Iran," considering that a genocide
is taking place in Gaza, and refusing to dedicate 5% of the budget to defense, while also stating that his position sought to "continue paying for the education" of children.
Before closing, he sent a message of political sovereignty: he defended that what happens in Spain is not decided in Washington, nor in Tel Aviv, nor in Buenos Aires, nor in Moscow, and warned that the country should not be "the backyard" of any far-right international.
The broad majority and the clash with Feijóo and Abascal "If you want us to go further and faster in social conquests, especially in housing matters, I don't ask for a simple majority, I ask for a broad and progressive majority in the next Parliament," Sánchez summarized. In his speech, he made Alberto Núñez Feijóo and Santiago Abascal targets of the campaign.
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