Lots will decide who speaks first and last in the debate’s thematic blocks and final appeal. RTVE will broadcast live on Monday 23 November at 22:00, six days before the general election set for 29 November 2026. The 90-minute programme falls within the 15-day campaign, which runs from midnight on 13 November to midnight on 27 November.
Each of the eight participating groups will send one spokesperson. Ester Muñoz represents the Grupo Parlamentario Popular; Patxi López the Grupo Parlamentario Socialista; Pepa Millán the Grupo Parlamentario VOX; and Emilio Delgado Frente Amplio. Gabriel Rufián will speak for the Grupo Parlamentario Republicano, Míriam Nogueras for Grupo Parlamentario Junts Per Catalunya, Oskar Matute for Grupo Parlamentario Euskal Herria Bildu and Maribel Vaquero for Grupo Parlamentario Vasco EAJ-PNV. RTVE Noticias separately described the debate as involving seven groups, reporting that Junts per Catalunya had declined its invitation.
Xabier Fortes will moderate the 90-minute programme, RTVE says. It will air on La 1 and the Canal 24 horas, and also on RNE, RTVE.es and RTVE Play. RTVE Noticias has also reported that the broadcaster plans to make the signal available to other media.
The three blocks cover Vivienda y estado del bienestar; Economía, empleo e infraestructuras; and Clima sociopolítico y pactos. Each participant will then have a minuto de oro to close their intervention and ask voters for support. The election was called for 29 November under Royal Decree 806/2026, dated 5 October and published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado on 6 October.
Article 66 of Organic Law 5/1985, the Organic Law of the General Electoral Regime (LOREG), governs Spain’s public-media election coverage, alongside Central Electoral Board Instruction 4/2011, as modified by Instruction 1/2015. The framework sets out pluralism, equality, proportionality and informational neutrality. It also requires public broadcasters to submit their election-coverage plans to the competent electoral boards.
Separate election-season television coverage has included a report about Ada Colau. For this debate, RTVE will provide its institutional signal free of charge to any media outlet or institution that requests it.
