The PSOE has canceled the event that Pedro Sánchez and Lula da Silva were scheduled to headline next Monday, as Esther Palomera, a journalist at elDiario.es, advanced this Saturday on X. The meeting had been announced as the Brazilian president’s participation in the Socialist campaign for the general elections on November 29
"The PSOE cancels Sánchez’s event with Lula scheduled for Monday," the journalist’s message says. The notice does not include an explanation for the decision nor does it announce an alternative date.
A campaign appearance announced this week
Lula’s participation in the event had been confirmed on Thursday by Socialist sources to elDiario.es. The plan was for both leaders to share the stage in Madrid on Monday 16, in the midst of the election campaign.
That information also included the participation of Brazilian federal deputy André Janones, who had played a prominent role in Lula’s digital strategy. The presence of the Brazilian head of state was being framed as a show of support for the Socialist candidate.
The cancellation of the event does not confirm that of the meeting at Moncloa
The announced schedule also included an institutional meeting between the presidents of Spain and Brazil at the Palacio de la Moncloa. Government sources had explained that they would address bilateral relations and coordination of initiatives such as Democracia Siempre and the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty.
That meeting and electoral activity had been presented as separate appointments. Palomera’s message refers to the PSOE event being canceled and does not specify changes to the institutional meeting or to the Brazilian president’s trip.
It remains to be known the reasons for the cancellation and whether the Socialists plan to replace the event with another format.