The campaign for the general elections of next November 29 will have this Tuesday a stop in the heart of the community institutions. Demócrata will bring together representatives of the four main Spanish political forces present in the European Parliament to hold the first electoral debate of these elections in a European key. The meeting will be broadcast at 12:00 from the Eurochamber, in Brussels, and will be hosted by Álvaro Villarroel, correspondent for the outlet in the community capital. A debate that can be followed through all the outlet’s channels.
The quote will feature Tono López-Istúriz (Partido Popular), Sandra Gómez (Partido Socialista), Hermann Tertsch (Vox) and Estrella Galán (Sumar), four European MPs who will confront their positions on some of the files that will set the agenda of the European Union and that will have a direct impact on the next Spanish Government.
The debate will thus move the national electoral discussion to the setting where much of the decisions that will shape the legislature are negotiated. The future Community budget, migration policy and the war in Ukraine will be the three main blocks of a conversation that will make it possible to learn about the priorities and differences of the main parties in the face of European challenges.
The European budget, at the center of the negotiation
One of the central issues will be the next multiannual financial framework 2028-2034, the most important budget negotiation of the Community legislature. Its design will determine the allocation of European resources over the next seven years and will open up fundamental decisions about the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), cohesion funds, national contributions and the financing of new priorities such as defense and competitiveness.
Spain faces this negotiation at a time of transformation of its budgetary position within the Union, with the debate about its eventual status as a net contributor and the maintenance of traditional instruments for European financing. Proposals to incorporate new own resources, including possible levies on big tech companies, will also be on the table.
Migration and Ukraine: two decisive debates
Migration policy will be another of the major points of confrontation. The implementation of the European Pact on Migration and Asylum, solidarity mechanisms between Member States, returns and the externalization of border control draw a scenario in which Spain occupies an especially relevant position due to its geographical situation and the pressure on the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.
The third block will be devoted to Ukraine and the future of European security. After almost five years of war, diplomatic efforts to reach a way out of the conflict bring the role of the European Union, the continuity of financial and military aid to Kyiv, and the need to strengthen the continent’s defense capabilities back onto the table.
A European agenda for the next Government
The elections of 29 November will also be held, at a particularly significant moment for the European Union. The next Spanish Executive will have to participate in decisions that will affect the Community’s economic and social model, transatlantic relations and Europe’s role in an international scenario marked by rivalry between powers.
With this initiative, Demócrata incorporates the European dimension into the Spanish electoral debate and brings the reader closer to the parties’ positions on the decisions that are made in Brussels. A date to confront proposals and analyze to what extent the outcome at the ballot box will also condition Spain’s direction in the European Union.