Vox said on Wednesday, 11 November, that Santiago Abascal would not record his scheduled interview with Jordi Wild for The Wild Project. The decision followed a dispute over Abascal’s appearance on La Revuelta, broadcast by Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE and produced by El Terrat. Vox says the television edit left out remarks on defending public services, including healthcare, as well as comments on energy.
The party says approximately 40 minutes of Abascal’s interview were cut from Monday’s programme. Vox also says RTVE and El Terrat declined to provide or publish the full recording, including through RTVE Play, and that it had no chance to identify which answers would be most useful to viewers before the final edit. The 40-minute figure is Vox’s estimate, reported by El País.
Vox says it will accept future interviews only if it can access the material and use Abascal’s answers. It has also decided to suspend recordings where it believes its rights and autonomy are not guaranteed. The party accused RTVE and El Terrat of failing to honour what it described as an agreement made in good faith. It said the policy applies more broadly to appearances where the complete answers cannot be used afterward.
Vox expressly said its decision was not an allegation that Jordi Wild had breached any agreement. The party described the cancellation as a measure to protect Vox and its candidates during the election period, making clear that the podcaster was separate from its dispute with RTVE and El Terrat.
Abascal was the first political participant to withdraw from the individual interview series. Pedro Sánchez had also agreed to take part, as had Alberto Núñez Feijóo. Ada Colau was another planned participant. The interviews were scheduled for release on Friday, 13 November, at one-hour intervals, during the campaign for Spain’s 29 November 2026 general election. Abascal’s withdrawal left him as the only one of the four named participants not to appear in the planned series.
