PSOE lawmaker in the Aragonese Cortes Lorena Canales accused the Popular Party of turning its back on rural women after voting with Vox to reject the 21st-century Rural Women’s Statute. The socialist criticized the PP for publishing messages and greetings on social media for International Rural Women’s Day while rejecting the initiative.
Negotiations for a unified list to the left of the PSOE in Aragon for the general election are ongoing, with optimism that they will reach a successful conclusion. The different parties have been in contact by phone this week and will meet in person on Friday, the deadline for submitting coalitions.
The party led by Alvise Pérez, Se Acabó La Fiesta, is seeking endorsements to stand in all three provinces of Aragón. This afternoon, it set up an information booth and collected signatures on Paseo Independencia, a street crowded with visitors and Zaragoza residents during the Pilar Festival.
“You can feel it, you can hear it: the strength of the people.” With this chant from the crowd, Pedro Sánchez opened the PSOE’s first rally in Aragon ahead of the November 29 elections. The prime minister arrived at Zaragoza’s Hiberus Hotel to chants of “president, president,” where more than 2,000 people were inside and many more remained outside. He wore a cachirulo, the traditional scarf of the Pilar festivities, as PP candidate Alberto Núñez Feijóo did the day before.
Pilar Alegría called on voters in Zaragoza this Wednesday to “flood the polls” on November 29 and, in a light-hearted tone, to vote “for the dog,” an affectionate reference to Pedro Sánchez, “because he is man’s best friend.” The secretary-general of the PSOE in Aragón made the remarks at the Hiberus Hotel, before around 2,000 people according to party sources, during the Pilar Festival and shortly before the prime minister’s speech.
Vox has responded to PSOE criticism over the removal of grants for LGTBI projects, calling the statements a “tantrum.” Its member of the Aragon Parliament, David Arranz, said the subsidies are intended for the inclusion of people with disabilities and that the party does not consider this group to fall within that category.
Aragon’s vice president, Mar Vaquero, defended the need to protect the automotive sector and support its transition to decarbonized mobility at the European Committee of the Regions on Wednesday. “It is a strategic sector for us,” she said, calling on Europe to provide “competitive energy” and aid aimed at both investment and demand.
Mónica Iglesias, an PSOE lawmaker in the Cortes of Aragon, denounced that the equal treatment and non-discrimination grant call published Friday in the BOA includes a major change: the funding line specifically for LGTBIQ+ projects has disappeared.
Pedro Sánchez visits Zaragoza this Wednesday, October 14, amid the Pilar Festival and as part of the series of events with which the PSOE is preparing for the next general election on November 29. The prime minister will hold a rally at 6 p.m. at the Hiberus Hotel under the slogan "The strength of the people."
From Huesca, Alberto Núñez Feijóo said they will enter Spain’s government to change the current administration’s policies and expose all the corruption committed by the Socialist Party: “Everything will come to light and they will pay for everything they have done.”
From the European Committee of the Regions, Aragon's vice president Mar Vaquero argued that the increased defense investment being promoted by the European Union could be an opportunity for Aragonese companies, especially SMEs, to scale up, specialize and access supply contracts.
During the Pilar holiday weekend, national parties to the left of the PSOE staked out their positions. Podemos and ERC announced an agreement to hold joint campaign rallies, while Podemos will not stand in Catalonia. Meanwhile, the four parties making up Frente Amplio—Movimiento Sumar, Izquierda Unida, Más Madrid and Comuns—have proposed Ada Colau as their candidate for the presidency.
Pedro Sánchez will visit Zaragoza this Wednesday, October 14, during the Pilar Festivities and as part of the series of events with which the PSOE is preparing for the next general election on November 29. The prime minister will hold a rally at 6 p.m. at the Hotel Hiberus under the slogan "The strength of the people."
Se Acabó La Fiesta, the party led by MEP Alvise Pérez, is seeking endorsements to run in the next general elections in Zaragoza. From Monday to Thursday, between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., it will set up information tables, a process that began last Saturday. On Tuesday and Thursday, the tables will be on Paseo de las Damas; on Wednesday, on Calle Cinco de Marzo; and on Friday, in Plaza de España.
A total of 1,043,173 citizens make up Aragon's electoral roll for the elections to the Cortes Generales on November 29. Some 23,370 more Aragonese will be able to vote than in the previous general election on July 23, 2023, when 1,019,803 people were eligible to participate.
Aragón’s political landscape is constantly shifting ahead of the Nov. 29 general election. Aragón Existe and Teruel Existe have proposed an Aragonese alliance to CHA and PAR splinter groups Aragoneses and Tu Aragón.
Twenty-five years ago, Aragón Digital was already reporting the stories shaping current affairs in Aragon. On October 9, 2001, the Cortes of Aragon approved the parliamentary institution’s first budget expressed in euros. The 2002 budget totaled 2.788 billion pesetas, equivalent to 16,761,830 euros, representing a 15% increase over the budget then in force.
The PSOE walked out of the Huesca Provincial Council plenary on Thursday during a debate on a housing motion, following a clash between Socialist deputy Enrique Pueyo and the institution's president, Isaac Claver. The incident occurred when Pueyo referred to Maricarmen, who recently died, and reproached the president for interrupting him, asking: “Did you find it funny?”.
Aragon's regional parliament censured Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun on Thursday over his comments on the final ruling ordering the return of the Sijena mural paintings, in an initiative put forward by the People's Party. The PSOE's Aragon branch voted against it, while the PP, Vox, Aragon Existe and CHA backed the censure.
Teruel Existe is leaning toward running alone in the general election, although it has yet to decide whether to accept Chunta Aragonesista’s coalition offer. In any case, it rules out reviving the Empty Spain brand under which it ran alongside other parties in the 2023 election.
