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The PNV has assured that "it does not shake hands with Francoists" after the spokesman of the Basque Group in Congress and candidate for re-election, Aitor Esteban, refused last Friday night to greet the representative of Vox, Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, after the debate on TVE, in which the leader of the Abascal party called the jeltzales "racist and xenophobic."

At the end of the program, Espinosa de los Monteros went to greet the other spokesmen of the parliamentary groups in the lower house who had participated in the debate at seven: Adriana Lastra (PSOE), Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo (PP), Inés Arrimadas ( Citizens), Irene Montero (United We Can), Gabriel Rufián (ERC) and Esteban. However, the head of the PNV list by Vizcaya to Congress avoided shaking hands.

For its part, the PNV has responded through social networks that, "in effect, Aitor Esteban has denied the greeting to a guy who five minutes earlier had called him and the women and men" of his party, " racists and xenophobes . "

In this sense, the jeltzale formation ensures that "it is not a matter of education, but of principles and dignity." "The Basques and the Basques do not shake hands with Francoists," he said. During the TVE program, Esteban said that Vox "is a Francoist party."

The debate, the most seen of the day

The Debate a 7 offered last night by La 1 and Canal 24 horas de TVE was followed by 2.5 million viewers and a screen share of 17.7% , which makes it the most watched space of the day, according to data from RTVE, reports Servimedia.

The debate moderated by Xabier Fortes, achieved the golden minute at 22:37, with 2,599,000 spectators and 16.8% acceptance. It was followed by 7,200,000 people at some point, TVE said.

However, the audience data of this debate are far from the more than 13 million viewers who gathered around the face-to-face television between José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Mariano Rajoy on February 25, 2008, the most watched until Now, or the second debate starring these same candidates on April 3, 2008, which was followed by almost 12 million people.

The debate held on April 22 in which Pedro, Sánchez, Pablo Casado, Pablo Iglesias and Albert Rivera participated achieved a follow-up of 8,886,000 viewers and 43.8% screen share.

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