What has happened in the last few hours
These are the main news from the European elections at 2:30 p.m. this Sunday, June 9:
– Participation in Spain at 2:00 p.m. drops almost seven points, to 28%. Participation at 2:00 p.m. has dropped to 28%, according to the first advance data offered by the Government of Spain, about seven percentage points less than in May 2019, but four above the 2014 figure.
– Election day starts and develops normally. The Secretary of State for Communication, Francesc Vallès, and Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior, Susana Crisóstomo, have stated that election day is taking place “with absolute normality.” 100% of the more than 58,500 polling stations have been established and are operational, as well as the electoral boards.
– Villarroya (La Rioja) closes the ballot box in 33 seconds. The Rioja town of Villarroya has closed its polling station again in a few seconds, 33, although it has not surpassed its record of 26, achieved in the 2023 general elections, because its inhabitants have decided to take the European elections this Sunday “with peace of mind” .
– Ribera (PSOE): “It is not a plebiscite”. The head of the PSOE list, Teresa Ribera, has insisted that the European elections are not a plebiscite. “It is not a plebiscite. This is what matters and what we have to keep in mind,” she said.
– Montserrat (PP): “Voting costs five seconds, but the decision is for five years”. The head of the PP list in the European elections, Dolors Montserrat, voted in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia and encouraged people to vote, because “it takes five seconds but the decision is for five years.”
– Estrella Galán (Sumar): “Democracy and freedoms are at stake”. The head of Sumar’s list in the European elections, Estrella Galán, has voted in Madrid and has called on citizens to vote “because democracy and freedoms are at stake.”
– Buxadé (Vox) calls Pedro Sánchez a “scoundrel” and asks for the vote for his party. The head of Vox’s list for the European elections, Jorge Buxadé, has harshly attacked the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, whom he has called a “real scoundrel” for “encouraging political violence against what he calls the extreme right.” Furthermore, he has directly called to vote for Vox.
– Montero ( Podemos ) encourages voting because Europe is risking “peace”. Podemos’s candidate for the European elections, Irene Montero, has encouraged people to vote “for the world we want to build” and has assured that in these elections Europe is at stake for peace and “stopping the extreme right.”
– Cañas (Cs): “This is not a plebiscite on Sánchez or Feijóo”. The Ciudadanos candidate, Jordi Cañas, has said that “these are not a general election, this is not a plebiscite on [Pedro] Sanchez or [Alberto Núñez] “Feijoo.”
– Pedro Sánchez calls for participation. The President of the Government and leader of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, has highlighted that “the vote decides whether the future we build is one of progress or regression. “If we want a solidarity response or opt for a reactionary Europe.”
– Feijóo: “It is time to say whether we agree or not with what is happening in Spain”. The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has called for democratic mobilization “without tension and without insults.” “It is time to say whether we agree or not with what is happening in Spain,” he added.
– Yolanda Díaz (Sumar): “These elections are key to improving Europe”. The leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, has called on citizens to go vote, because “these elections are key to improving Europe, in short, to achieving the Europe of hope.”
– Abascal denounces the “autocrat” Sánchez: “He has asked to vote against other parties”. The president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, has charged against Pedro Sánchez for “encouraging voting against what he has called ‘reactionary wave’.” In his opinion, Sánchez is “a limitless autocrat” who does not respect the laws and, therefore, “cannot expect the rest of us to respect them.”
– Orbán conceives the European elections as a referendum on the war in Ukraine. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has described the Euro-elections as a referendum on the support of the population of the bloc’s countries for the war in Ukraine. “The elections are a pan-European question in favor of war or in favor of peace.”
– Participation at 12:00 in France rises slightly, up to 19.81%. Participation in the European elections in France stands at 19.81% until 12:00, slightly above the 19.26% of the European elections in 2019 at the same time.
