The PP stirs up social media during 11N with mockery of the general strike and a union banquet made with AI

A fictional seafood platter, a message of support for the Policía Nacional, and a succession of responses from the unions and the PSOE. The Partido Popular has taken its opposition to the general strike of 11N to social media this Wednesday, where it has published an image generated with artificial intelligence that caricatures the union representatives of CCOO and UGT enjoying large platters of seafood.

"A critical moment of the strike is coming… the aperitif," the PP’s official account on X wrote, along with the image of three supposed smiling unionists, wearing the vests of the two central organizations, sitting at a table piled with prawns and langoustines.

The posting has prompted a response from UGT, which has recovered the main demands from the call to replicate the popular ones: "Relax, because today the menu is different: decent housing, fair wages, and affordable prices. That's what we want everyone to be able to repeat 😉".

The general secretary of CCOO, Unai Sordo, has also reacted, who has assured that his organization "is not for artificial intelligence" and has warned that "the ultra shift of the various right-wing parties is a serious problem for our country".

The PSOE responds with the elections of 29N

The controversy has also reached the PSOE, which has linked the image to the criticisms that the main popular leaders have directed at the trade union call.

"Feijóo says the strike is a 'nonsense'. Ayuso talks about 'trade union garbage'. And now this," the socialists denounced on their official X account.

The response ended with an electoral warning: "This country and its workers are too big for you. On 29N we will stop this. You are going to be eating opposition for another four years".

The exchange takes place less than three weeks before the general elections. PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has questioned the strike, considering that it is directed against an opposition that still does not govern, while Madrid’s president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has accused trade union organizations of using citizens as "hostages".

For its part, the Government has called for respect toward unions and has recognized the legitimacy of the demands for affordable housing, although it has not made a formal call to join the stoppage.

The PP backs the Police

The seafood feast was not the only PP intervention on social media during the strike. Hours earlier, the party had published another message about the detention of a member of Izquierda Unida during an information picket at the industrial estate of La Portalada, in Logroño.

"All our support... to the National Police," the PP wrote, citing an IU post that denounced the actions of the officers and demanded the release of its colleague.

The detainee, a 28-year-old linked to IU and to the La Rioja Housing Union, was arrested around 5:30 a.m. and was released about four and a half hours later. The police action took place during an episode of tension between officers and participants in the picket.

According to the National Police, two officers had to receive medical assistance for assaults during the operation. The detainee’s lawyer, Henar Moreno, an IU regional lawmaker, has, on the contrary, denounced a disproportionate police action and has stated that the young man lost his balance when the officers pushed the protesters off the roadway.

The Government Delegation in La Rioja has defended that the intervention was carried out in accordance with the established procedures.