Conservative Feijoo emerges as winner from debate ahead of Spanish election

Spanish People's Party candidate Alberto Nunez Feijoo arrives to attend a televised debate ahead of snap election in Madrid, Spain, July 10, 2023. REUTERS/Juan Medina

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo, leader of the conservative People's Party (PP), won an ill-tempered televised debate on Monday night ahead of an election later this month, a poll published by El Mundo newspaper indicated on Tuesday.

With Feijoo leading in polls before the July 23 election, the onus was on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, a Socialist, to go on the attack. While he defended his government's economic record, he failed to land any significant blows.