Spain heads to snap election as Sánchez targets TikTok and conservatives pledge looser climate rules
Spain is due to hold a snap election later this month. The centre-right People's Party is pitching itself as a business-like manager, while the government around Sánchez has pursued a TikTok ban.
Spain's election campaign is entering its closing stretch, with a snap vote due later this month. The contest pits the government represented by Sánchez against the centre-right People's Party (PP), led by Feijóo, over the country's direction.
The People's Party pitch
The PP is presenting itself to voters as a business-like national manager. Feijóo wants to run Spain much like a chief executive, but a partnership with the far-right Vox party could push the PP in a more radical direction. The party launched its manifesto on Tuesday, 10 November, setting out five ways it plans to put the country on a new course.
One pledge concerns climate policy. The conservatives promise to relax climate rules if they win the election. That could end Madrid's role as the EU's loudest climate champion.
The government and TikTok
Ahead of the vote, Sánchez has taken aim at the social media platform TikTok. The Spanish government pursued a ban on the app after a report alleged that the platform is lax about child sexual abuse material.
The headline also says Sánchez lamented the potential for "planetary annihilation", but the source material provides no further detail on the context of that remark.
The result will determine whether Spain stays on its current course or shifts to the conservative programme, including looser climate rules.
