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Spain’s 25-N Marked by Political Clash Over Gender-Based Violence Framing and Abortion Votes

Grassroots mobilization is surging despite institutional fights over how to name and confront the problem.

Overview

  • In the Madrid Assembly, president Enrique Ossorio led a minute of silence for the Alpedrete killing without citing gender-based violence, prompting Más Madrid and the PSOE to announce a formal complaint.
  • Regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso defended Alpedrete’s mayor after he questioned labeling the case as gender violence, intensifying pre–25-N tensions over alleged negationism.
  • Toledo’s city council rejected rival 25-N statements from the PP and from PSOEIU-Podemos, with the PP calling for institutional loyalty and the PSOE decrying the cancellation of the municipal march as turning away from victims.
  • A separate Toledo motion urging full enforcement of abortion access in Castilla-La Mancha failed with PP and Vox votes, as Vox’s vice-mayor Inés Cañizares delivered a hardline anti-abortion speech comparing annual procedures to wartime deaths.
  • Across multiple regions, municipalities and feminist groups are rolling out workshops, cultural actions and rallies for 25-N, while Asturias’ women’s advisory centers report most consultations now relate to violence and the regional vice president urges media engagement.