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Feijóo backs Ayuso as Madrid leader faces a difficult political season and sees PP victory ahead: “We are getting closer”

From El País · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • People’s Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo backed Madrid president Isabel Díaz Ayuso at the party’s political-year opening in Getafe.
  • Feijóo predicted that the PP was moving closer to winning the next general election and said its candidates could defeat Socialist ministers.
  • He did not mention the controversy over a luxury apartment linked to Ayuso, instead highlighting her work in communities affected by wildfires.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo arrived at a People’s Party gathering in Getafe in a blazer, jeans and sneakers, where Isabel Díaz Ayuso greeted him with a handshake and a photograph. The relaxed scene, filled with embraces and jokes, carried a clear political message: the national PP leader was standing behind Madrid’s president as she began a difficult new political season.

We are getting closer.

· Alberto Núñez FeijóoHe was referring to the next general election and the PP’s prospects.

“Estamos cada vez más cerca,” Feijóo said, referring to the next general election. The PP sees Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez as weakened and is already imagining a return to government next year. A sense of confidence ran through the meeting at the Exe Getafe Hotel, where the party’s Madrid assembly lawmakers were also due to stay.

Ayuso is under pressure because of the controversy surrounding the luxury apartment bought by the Community of Madrid for her use. Party leaders had urged regional lawmakers to defend her more actively on social media. At the gathering, however, Feijóo did not mention the apartment. Instead, he praised Ayuso for spending August helping rebuild mountain villages affected by wildfires and said he had seen their suffering.

If I were Begoña, I would be annoyed.

· Isabel Díaz AyusoAyuso joked about Pedro Sánchez’s alleged obsession with her at the party gathering.

Ayuso added to the lighthearted mood by joking that Sánchez was obsessed with her for romantic reasons. “If I were Begoña, I would be annoyed,” she said, drawing laughter from the party leadership. The event also brought together the candidates expected to face Socialist rivals in regional and local elections. Feijóo told the Madrid politicians, “You beat the ministers and I beat the president. We will beat them all.”

You beat the ministers and I beat the president. We will beat them all.

· Alberto Núñez FeijóoHe encouraged the PP’s Madrid candidates by predicting victories over Socialist rivals.

He also attacked Sánchez’s government, describing it as “hostile to those who have been invaded and docile toward the invaders.” Feijóo claimed that sexual abuse in Ceuta had increased eightfold after the border assault and said insecurity had risen, leaving women unable to go to work peacefully. The supplied report ends during this criticism of the government.

This is Sánchez’s government, hostile to those who have been invaded and docile toward the invaders.

· Alberto Núñez FeijóoHe attacked the national government during his speech.
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Originally published by El País in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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