Spain prepares for November 29 general election as 69 Urda train crash victims honored

Spain is preparing for the general election scheduled for November 29, with political parties intensifying their precampaign activities. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the PP, will present his party's electoral program at noon on Tuesday before appearing on the Horizonte program on Cuatro at 22:15. He has stated that he will repeal housing decrees if his party reaches government.

Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister and PSOE candidate, will be interviewed at night on La Séptima. María Jesús Montero, deputy general secretary of the PSOE, will hold a press conference at midday. Santiago Abascal, leader of Vox, will participate in a precampaign event in Girona at 20:00 and appear on La Revuelta at 21:45.

“The left loses its capacity for transformation when it submits to the Socialist Party.”

Polls suggest that the PP and Vox would achieve an absolute majority, with the PP as the leading force and Vox as the third force, though Vox remains below 20% in all scenarios. The PSOE is recovering slightly but cannot compensate for the decline of parties to its left.

On Tuesday, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will attend a funeral mass at Toledo Cathedral for the 69 victims of the Urda train accident, which occurred on October 28. The ceremony, starting at 19:00, will be presided over by Archbishop Francisco Cerro Chaves and attended by bishops from Castilla-La Mancha and the president of the Episcopal Conference.

Government representatives, including First Vice President Carlos Cuerpo and Education Minister Milagros Tolón, will attend the funeral. Regional leaders such as Emiliano García-Page, president of Castilla-La Mancha, and PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo will also be present.

Two weeks after the train collision, 28 people remain hospitalized in Castilla-La Mancha and the Community of Madrid. Ten patients remain in the Castilian-Manchegan region, including one in intensive care at Toledo University Hospital. Eighteen injured people remain in Madrid, with one in intensive care at Ramón y Cajal Hospital and the rest distributed across several other hospitals.