01/25/2024 Former Equality Minister Irene Montero appears at a public event as a candidate for Podemos' candidacy for the European elections. On January 25, 2024 in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). Former Minister of Equality Irene Montero, together with the Secretary General of Podemos Andalucía and MP in Congress Martina Velarde, met with activists of Podemos at the Salvador Távora Theater as part of the party's primaries to elect their candidates for the elections to the European Parliament , which will take place on June 9th. POLITICS Rocío Ruz – Europa Press
Podemos political secretary and former Equality Minister Irene Montero demanded that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, should not “look the other way” after the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which he ordered Israel to take “all possible measures”, to prevent genocide in Gaza. This was expressed during the demonstration “A common march against the genocide in Palestine” on Saturday afternoon in Madrid, where he welcomed the UN Court's request to Israel and once again called on the Spanish government to break off diplomatic relations and arms sales with the Jewish state. “We must clearly tell the United States and Europe that complicity with (Benjamin) Netanyahu and the genocidal state of Israel is over. This is not the time to do something, so it seems like we are doing something, but that doesn't change.” “It is time to act now to stop this genocide,” he said Candidate of the Podemos primaries for the European elections. REJECTS THE EXPANSION OF BARAJAS AIRPORT. Montero has also spoken out against the expansion of the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport announced by Sánchez last Friday, regretting that it “went too far with this energy transition” for the executive and has begun to support projects “that violate all international standards and obligations” to protect the planet and the environment. Nevertheless, the leader of Podemos claimed that this announcement or that of the expansion of the port of Valencia shows that in Spain it is “necessary” that there is a political force “capable of preventing the PSOE from doing the same to do”. Politics that is the right thing.” “When Podemos was in government, the expansion of the port of Valencia was never considered. I think this is a good example of how important it is to have a political force like Podemos with the ability to transform,” he added.