The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, held a closed-door meeting on Tuesday with Amelia Válcarcel, a feminist philosopher traditionally close to the PSOE, the writer Mabel Lozano and the Carlos III professor Montserrat Iglesias to address trafficking and the law trans.

The most commented intervention has been that of Valcárcel, a member of the Council of State from 2006 to 2023, when she was replaced coinciding with her criticism of the trans law. Valcárcel has applauded that the PP supported the PSOE in the counter-reform of the law of only yes is yes “when the PSOE realized to what extent it was creating a monster.”

“You could have let it sink and say ‘I’ll fix it, release 100 more and lift the sentence to 2,500.’ It has been a great, great honesty on your part. And if only for that reason, I give you my confidence, from now on, that you are capable of making an effective feminist policy, because you have done it in this case.”

The meeting, organized by the PP Reformismo21 foundation, was not on Feijóo’s public agenda and took place amid the controversy over the autonomous pacts of the Popular Party with Vox.

The PP has reported on this event in a statement, in which it highlights that Feijóo supports the demands of “classic feminism”, the name with which they distinguish feminists such as Valcárcel, who after being close to the PSOE has publicly questioned equality policies of the Government of Pedro Sánchez.

In this internal seminar under the title “Risks for minors and challenges of feminism: the queer mirage and sexual exploitation”, Feijóo has promised to approve a law against trafficking in women and children, since the PP denounces that the current Government leave yours in a “drawer”.

This party details that the three speakers have coincided in pointing out that the law of only yes is yes has meant a “step back” for the defense of women’s rights and they have “praised” the role of the PP to modify it after causing the reduction sentences for sexual offenders and the premature release of rapists.

With Feijóo they also share the rejection of the trans law, which the PP has promised to repeal and replace with other regulations aimed at this group.

Specifically, the PP note denounces the “negative effects” of the law on sports, considering that it is a way for “an athlete to participate in women’s sports competitions with advantages over their rivals.”

The leader of the PP has also explained to them his objective of controlling the access of minors to porn and curbing the negative impact of social networks.

This Tuesday, in which he has not had a public agenda, Feijóo has received criticism from the left for affirming that the Vox candidate for the Valencian Community, Carlos Flores, convicted of psychological violence against his ex-wife in 2002, had had a “hard divorce “.

The PP has explained that its president did not intend to justify sexist violence, but was reproducing the arguments given by those who minimized said condemnation, which did not convince the PP, which vetoed Flores from the negotiation.

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