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Sánchez reads Lula victory as a signal for Spain

Pedro Sánchez celebrated the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the runoff in Brazil and predicted a progressive victory in Spain on November 29.

--- The context --- Spain and Brazil share, according to the Spanish government itself, an agenda supporting multilateralism, the United Nations, the defense of democracy and the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur. Official Spanish reactions to the Brazilian presidential runoff arrived within that framework of partnership. --- The facts --- Pedro Sánchez, president of the Government of Spain, celebrated the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil and predicted that a victory for progressives will also happen in Spain in the elections on November 29. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, also congratulated Lula and stressed that the Government of Brazil is a strategic partner of Spain, with which work will continue on democracy, foreign policy, multilateralism and, above all, progress and social justice. --- The positions --- Sánchez wrote in a message on X, in indirect terms, that what happened in Brazil will happen in Spain and that the global progressive comeback has just begun. Albares described the victory in indirect terms as brilliant and democratic and said he was convinced Sánchez can win again on November 29. --- What remains unknown --- The source provides no reactions from other Spanish political actors and no voting intention data for November 29. It also does not detail concrete initiatives arising from the shared agenda with Brazil, nor does it include assessments from opposition candidate Flávio Bolsonaro after the result. --- Unanswered questions --- Will there be any concrete political move in Spain before November 29? How much weight will the shared agenda with Brazil carry in the campaign? Will Sánchez win again on November 29, as Albares anticipated? Only the ballot boxes, according to the minister himself, will provide the valid answer. --- EPM analysis --- The government links a verified electoral fact with its domestic expectation using coherent logic: if elections are the only poll that counts, Spanish citizens will also decide at the ballot box. That coherence strengthens the message, although the prediction remains an expectation and not a result already produced in Spain. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the government is right to anchor its optimism in a verified fact, the victory of Lula in the second round, and to recall that only the ballot boxes validate any forecast. That is the solid part of the argument. The pending part is equally clear: turning that momentum into a result in Spain requires persuading Spanish voters with proposals of their own before November 29, because no foreign victory, however close the partner, replaces the vote each citizen will cast at home.
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