Spain Conservatives Lead Poll by 2.3 Points
- A Sondaxe poll published Sunday puts the Popular Party at 29.2%, leading the Socialist Workers' Party by 2.3 points ahead of the November 29 election.
- The October 28 train collision near Urda killed 69 people, intensifying political pressure on Transport Minister Óscar Puente as opposition leaders demand accountability.
- Fieldwork by Sigma Dos shows PSOE support falling to 24.6% after the disaster, while prediction markets price PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo at 84% to become prime minister.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced an aid package doubling victim payouts, while Puente rejected resignation calls, saying his responsibility is to "face up" to the crisis.
- Sánchez and Feijóo are scheduled to debate on November 16, offering voters a critical opportunity to weigh the government's response to rail infrastructure concerns.
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The minister had, on several occasions, refused to leave his post. The Spanish Minister of Transport Óscar Puente announced on Tuesday his...
Two serious train accidents in Spain with a combined 115 fatalities appear to cost the transport minister his post.
Two serious train accidents in Spain with a combined 115 fatalities appear to cost the transport minister his job.
The until this Tuesday Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Oscar Puente, has announced his resignation and also to be part of the lists next November 29, because a minister of Transport "cannot continue with two accidents of this gravity in less than a year". (There will be enlargement)
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The PP spokesman says it's not "a timely ruling"; Vox announces legal action while Sumar asks him to give "one last service" Rufián praises him but asks him "what would he be saying if he were a minister of the PP" Ósca
A poll commissioned by the newspaper El Español shows that support for Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has declined after last week's serious train accident, and right-wing parties will achieve a solid majority in parliament after the snap elections.
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