Madrid (EFE) format that has not been seen for eight years, the two leaders will shape their intentions of pacts after 23J.
Five days after the start of the electoral campaign for 23J, Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo meet today at Atresmedia in their first television face-to-face, since they stand as the two possible candidates for the presidency of the Government, of the PSOE and the PP.
It is the only time that both leaders challenge each other to oppose their different political programs and they are expected to do so for one hundred minutes with four themes: economy, social policy and equality, pacts and governance, and State, institutional and international policies.
The debate, moderated by the journalists Ana Pastor and Vicente Vallés, will begin at 10:00 p.m. on all Atresmedia radio and television channels, and a team will time the interventions of the two candidates so that they are proportional.
Of the four thematic blocks, Sánchez will open the first and close the last, while Feijóo will be in charge of starting the second and third blocks, in addition to the first arriving at the Atresmedia facilities.
The final golden minute will be started by Sánchez and closed by Feijóo, according to the draw
While Sánchez will open the first and close the last of the four thematic blocks, Feijóo will be in charge of starting the second and third; In addition, the first will arrive at the Atresmedia facilities.
The golden minute at the end of the debate will be initiated by the President of the Government and will be closed by the leader of the PP, as stipulated by lottery.
This face to face takes place after intense negotiations between the teams of both parties, and after the refusal of the PP to participate in another four-way debate organized by RTVE and which will only be attended by the leaders of the PSOE (Sánchez), Sumar (Yolanda Díaz ) and Vox (Santiago Abascal).
Both the leader of the popular and the leader of the PSOE attend today’s meeting with the commitment not to be disrespectful and to avoid insults.
This has been transferred by Feijóo himself, who has also promised not to lie to the Spanish. Sources from Sánchez’s environment assure that they go with “great respect for their rival” but well prepared. They remember the first face of democracy between Felipe González and José María Aznar in 1993 when the socialist candidate trusted himself.
July 13: second electoral debate between parliamentary spokesmen
Although the week begins with the expected Sánchez-Feijóo face-to-face, viewers have another television meeting ahead of them on Thursday the 13th, on RTVE at 10:00 p.m. in which the seven parliamentary spokesmen of the main formations will participate.
It will be broadcast by La 1 and will be attended by the spokesperson of the PSOE in Congress, Patxi López; the spokesman of the PP, Cuca Gamarra; the Vox spokesman, Ivan Espinosa of the Monteros; the deputy of Unidas Podemos who is now a candidate in Sumar, Aína Vidal; the spokesman of the PNV, Aitor Esteban; the ERC, Gabriel Rufian, and the EH Bildu, Oscar Matute.
The debate will be held at the Prado del Rey studios and will be moderated by the journalist Xabier Fortes. The representatives of the parties will discuss the economy, social and territorial policy and post-electoral pacts.
July 19: last debate between leaders, three-way…
RTVE has also organized a new scuffle between the leaders of the main parties, PSOE, PP, Vox and Sumar, but finally Feijóo has refused to go because the popular allude to an “incomplete” and “lack of interest” debate.
However, the meeting will be held on July 19, Wednesday, at 10:00 p.m., and it will be the one that closes the electoral campaign. They have confirmed their attendance, Pedro Sánchez (PSOE), Yolanda Díaz (Sumar) and Santiago Abascal (Vox).
In this way, three electoral debates will finally be held, since the fourth meeting that the Prisa group had organized between the four leaders for July 14 had to be suspended because the PP’s refusal to attend was added to that of Vox, which I had initially accepted.
Vox argues that Abascal will not be able to participate as the debate coincides with a campaign event outside Madrid.