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PP Accepts Two Televised Debates With Sánchez and Rejects TVE Debate Formats

The party’s plan narrows where voters will see Feijóo and signals a campaign that pairs a housing-focused agenda with repeated attacks on the PSOE.

Overview

  • The Partido Popular announced Friday that Alberto Núñez Feijóo will take part in two debates with Pedro Sánchez: a one-on-one proposed for Mediaset on November 16 and a four-way proposed for Atresmedia on November 26.
  • The PP said it will not attend debates organized by TVE, calling the public broadcaster partial, and set a condition that any TVE interviews must be produced in-house by the corporation rather than by external production companies.
  • For the RTVE encounter scheduled on November 23 the party agreed to participate only by sending a parliamentary spokesperson instead of Feijóo, a decision that separates the candidate from one public-broadcaster event.
  • Campaign director Miguel Tellado said the run-up to the November 29 vote will focus on policy proposals on housing, taxation and social policy while repeatedly highlighting alleged PSOE scandals, including references tied to the intimidation case involving Judge Beatriz Biedma.
  • A possible Feijóo interview with TVE presenter Silvia Intxaurrondo remains unconfirmed because it must meet the PP’s internal-production condition, and the stance reflects longer-term PP distrust of the public broadcaster dating back to a contentious 2023 interview.