Follow live the events of the PSOE Federal Committee with the speeches of Pedro Sánchez, María Jesús Montero and the latest news of today.
11:17
The President of the Government is moved to remember the day when the socialists gathered on rue Ferraz to ask the President not to resign
After his letter to citizens, thousands of activists gathered at the gates of Ferraz to demand that the Prime Minister not resign after he threatened to do so in a letter to citizens after learning that his wife was being investigated for allegations of influence peddling and corporate corruption.
11:16
Pedro Sánchez begins his speech by praising Salvador Illa and Óscar López
“President, you have the support of the Spanish government, go ahead and good luck, Salvador.” The president also praises his friend and former chief of staff and recently appointed Minister of Digital Transformation, Óscar López.
11:13
Pedro Sanchez is applauded as he enters the headquarters
Participants stand to receive the President of the Government
11:10
Emiliano Garcia-Page is interrupted during his appearance in Ferraz, “we are very late”
While he was very critical of the leadership of his party, the Castilian baron Machego, the last of the barons so far to speak at the gates of Ferraz, was interrupted by a person from the PSOE organization to ask him to enter the headquarters to start the debate, because apparently the executive committee “is late”
11:06
Emiliano Garcia-Page: “What was signed with ERC is much more selfish than socialist”
The Baron of Castilla-La Mancha, upon his arrival in Ferraz, was the most critical socialist of “what was agreed” with ERC. “It is indefensible”
10:57
Emiliano Garcia-Page maintains his criticism of the Catalan quota; “It is a time of concern”
The Castellanomanchego arrives at the party headquarters in Ferraz and assures “it would be enough for me to be given the document leaked by ERC”. He assures that the agreement “is more selfish than socialist” and attacks Vice President Montero: “they don’t need to explain the terminology to me”, referring to the refusal of the Minister of Finance to qualify the Catalan agreement as such and affirms “I don’t do it”. I don’t think that “there are too many idiots in this country to believe in this nonsense”.
10:48
The leader of the socialists in Madrid, Juan Lobato
The Madrid baron assures that “Madrid will participate in this congress with its political initiative.” “A new political cycle is consolidated with Pedro Sánchez as president of the government,” the Madrid native maintains to the party’s secretary general, although he also considers himself a rebel within the PSOE body, since he does not seem convinced of the pact with ERC “we come to expose our vision. With this ambiguity and without giving many clues about his position, Lobato faces the executive committee, assuring that what will be debated in Ferraz is “fundamental.”
10:40
One of the most critical voices towards the Catalan quota arrives: the socialist leader of Extremadura, Miguel Ángel Gallardo
Gallardo assures that regarding the pact between ERC and PSC that contemplates the exit of Catalonia from the box
Common maintains “the same concern.” “The convening of the Congress is great news, this party is a party where difference and divergence can become a bond when there is dialogue,” said the Extremadura native upon entering the headquarters of Ferraz, who also did not worry about what could happen. be “from his chair” for disagreement with the Executive: “I came to see the Secretary General knowing that the important thing is Extremadura, not me.”
Inform Mariano Alonso from Ferraz
10:33
Francia Armengol: “We are going to build a federal Spain”
The president of the Congress of Deputies and leader of the Balearic Socialists assures that “the financing system has expired”. The former president of the island assures that they are working to build a federal Spain in relation to the Spain of the autonomies. The president of the Lower House fully agrees with the agreement between the ERC and the PSC, because it has allowed the social conflict in Catalonia to be resolved. Armengol emphasizes taking into account the singularities of each of the territories and the “cost of living” of each territory.
10:28
Angel Victor Torres upon entering Ferraz: “It will be a federal committee in which everyone’s opinion will be expressed”
The Minister of Territorial Policy addresses the media upon his arrival at the PSOE headquarters. He sends a message of renewal in the socialist ranks, assuring that the PSOE “is due to its militancy”. The outgoing president abandons a possible renewal within the socialist leadership and calls for transparency and accusations against the PP because “it has been more than two years without calling primaries”. Regarding the single financing of Catalonia, he assures that today they will have “a constructive council” and that they “are clear for whom they govern”. “It will be a federal committee in which opinions will be expressed, no one tells us what to say.”
10:20
Spokesperson Patxi Lopez: “The PP is a sham”
“All financing in this country is unique, the main thing is what we do with the resources we collect, and it has been proven that where the socialists govern, public services are strengthened and where the PP governs, public services are privatized.” The spokesman appears calm and defends a singular financing
10:18
Salvador Illa arrive
The president of the Generalitat speaks to the media in Catalan and assures that he has come to “talk about the territorial issue” and “discuss with his colleagues” the Catalan concert, the measure that led to his investiture, an issue with which Illa agrees. agreement.
10:16
Start of the PSOE Federal Committee
The new Minister of Digital Transformation, Óscar López, arrives on Ferraz Street. “I am delighted to talk about regional financing.” The head of Transformation accuses Feijóo for the meeting of barons he held this Friday, assuring that he made “a fool” in a “fake Moncloa” and assures that the popular “cannot agree.”
