Socialists name new spokesperson as party leadership shifts before polls
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The governing PSOE has appointed Rebeca Torró as its federal spokesperson after the resignation of Montse Mínguez. Mínguez stepped down following reports concerning her father-in-law, a departure that arrives just as the left and right coalitions begin a fierce contest for control of the Senate ahead of the November 29 general election.
The campaign is increasingly being fought over the wallets of pensioners, who have been identified as a bloc that could decide the outcome in twelve provinces. While the government notes that pension increases are guaranteed by law for 2027, the middle class is facing the eighth year of stagnant salaries and a loss of purchasing power that neither side has quite solved.
In the east, a woman is missing after being swept away by a river in Catalonia as torrential rain moves across the coast. AEMET has raised a red alert for the southern Valencia and northern Alicante regions, while in Burgos, police have detained several minors in connection with the death of an 83-year-old woman during a robbery.