La Séptima to Broadcast Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s Election Debate on 19 November

13. November 2026

The head-to-head television debate between Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has been confirmed for Thursday, 19 November, ahead of Spain's general election on 29 November. La Séptima is set to broadcast the encounter, which will bring the leaders of the PSOE and the People's Party (PP) together for a televised discussion of the country's main political and economic challenges.

The debate will be organised by the Academy of Television and Audiovisual Arts and Sciences and moderated by its president, María Casado. It will take place at Studio A of Madrid Content City, operated by Secuoya Content Group, in Tres Cantos, Madrid.

The announcement was made on Friday, 13 November, following a meeting between the Academy's Executive Debate Management Committee and representatives of the PSOE and PP, during which the date, format and main subject areas were agreed.

The encounter will be particularly significant in the final stretch of the campaign, giving voters an opportunity to hear the two principal candidates discuss their proposals directly before polling day.

Five Topics Agreed for the Debate

The Academy confirmed five subject areas, agreed by the two parties, which will be addressed in the following order:

  1. Housing

  2. Economy and taxation

  3. Social policy and public services

  4. The fight against corruption and democratic regeneration

  5. Migration and foreign policy

Housing will open the debate, reflecting the importance of access to affordable accommodation in the current electoral campaign.

The issue has been particularly prominent in Ibiza and the Balearic Islands, where high property prices, limited rental availability and difficulties finding accommodation for workers have become major concerns.

The economy and taxation will follow, before the discussion moves to social policy and public services. The final two sections will address corruption and democratic regeneration, followed by migration and foreign policy.

The five-part structure is intended to give both candidates an opportunity to explain their positions on issues central to the election.

Feijóo Will Open the Debate and Sánchez Will Close It

The order of the candidates' opening and closing interventions was determined by a draw.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the PP and its candidate for Prime Minister, will open the debate. Pedro Sánchez, leader of the PSOE and the incumbent Prime Minister, will deliver the closing intervention.

The format will allow both candidates to present their arguments and respond to the subjects raised throughout the encounter.

María Casado, president of the Academy of Television, will moderate the debate.

The Academy has previously organised or provided the institutional signal for major televised electoral debates, including those held in 2008, 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2019.

The Academy of Television Will Organise the Encounter

The agreement to hold the debate through the Academy followed several days of discussions about where and how the main electoral debates should take place.

The PSOE and PP had initially considered different proposals involving public and private television broadcasters. Disagreements over the organisation and participation in debates led the parties to agree that the Academy of Television should take responsibility for organising the encounters.

The institution will provide an official broadcast signal that interested television channels and other media can use to carry the debate.

This arrangement allows broadcasters to transmit the same debate without each channel having to organise a separate event.

La Séptima is among the broadcasters expected to carry the face-to-face encounter, according to the announcement reported by Periódico de Ibiza.

The Academy's role is to ensure the organisation and production of the debate, while the availability of the institutional signal allows participating media outlets to distribute it to their audiences.

A Key Encounter Before the 29 November Election

The debate comes during the official campaign for Spain's general election, which began on Friday, 13 November, and concludes at midnight on Friday, 27 November.

Voters will go to the polls on Sunday, 29 November, to elect representatives to the Congress of Deputies and the Senate.

The face-to-face meeting between Sánchez and Feijóo will give the two main candidates an opportunity to explain their respective positions on housing, economic policy, public services, corruption, migration and international relations.

These issues are also central to the political debate in Ibiza and the Balearic Islands, where housing affordability, the cost of living, tourism management and the provision of public services are among the main concerns raised during the campaign.

With just ten days separating the debate from election day, the encounter will be one of the important televised events of the final campaign period.

The debate between Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo is scheduled for Thursday, 19 November, at Madrid Content City in Tres Cantos, with María Casado as moderator and La Séptima expected to broadcast the encounter.

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