Pedro Sánchez has committed to resuming the constitutional reform on abortion if he returns to power after the general elections on 29 November. He made this statement at an event held in Granada.
Pedro Sánchez promised this Saturday in Granada to resume the protection of the right to abortion in the Constitution and urged progressive voters to mobilise their votes to prevent a government led by PP and Vox after the general elections on 29 November. According to elconstitucional.es, the president also defended the continuation of the euthanasia law and new increases in the minimum wage.
At the Palacio de Congresos de Granada, 3,000 people, according to the organisers, gathered for the second major pre-campaign event of Sánchez in Andalusia, following the one held on 10 October in Dos Hermanas. Alongside the candidate were María Jesús Montero, deputy general secretary of the PSOE and party leader in Andalusia, and Pedro Fernández, provincial secretary and head of the Senate list for Granada.
Sánchez compared his rivals to the chainsaw club of Javier Milei and presented the elections as a decision on pensions, healthcare, sick leave, and minimum wage. He responded to the statements made by Alberto Núñez Feijóo on Cadena SER, where he declared himself a feminist and reopened the debate on abortion for minors aged 16 and 17.
«Being a feminist means not cutting women's rights»
The Council of Ministers approved on 7 April the project to include this guarantee in Article 43 of the Constitution, but its processing lapsed with the early elections. The reform requires three-fifths of each Chamber. There is an alternative route with two-thirds of Congress and an absolute majority in the Senate, meaning the Government would need support from other groups.
On economic matters, Sánchez guaranteed that the minimum wage will continue to rise "with or without an agreement with employers" while he is president. He linked these increases to Social Security revenues and defended the regularisation of immigrants for their contribution to the pension system. Regarding housing, he called for a broader progressive parliamentary majority for the next four years.
In the 2023 general elections, in the province of Granada, the PP secured three deputies, the PSOE two, Vox one, and Sumar one. Thus, the right-wing parties obtained four of the seven seats at stake.
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