Pedro Sánchez’s appearance on 22 October gave ‘La Revuelta’ its highest audience figure, according to presenter David Broncano, who put it at 34%. A week later, on 27 October, Gabriel Rufián and Irene Montero joined him for a political interview ahead of the general election scheduled for 29 November. RTVE identified Rufián as the leader of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) and Montero as Podemos’ candidate. The programme aired on La 1 and streamed on RTVE Play.
The pair discussed an electoral arrangement between ERC and Podemos, announced on 12 October. They had also announced a joint candidacy in Catalunya. The pact placed Podemos outside Frente Amplio, the left-wing coalition led by Ada Colau. Negotiations for a broader left-wing candidacy failed, so Rufián and Montero campaigned together without forming a single integrated coalition list. An earlier account detailed the agreement without describing it as a formal coalition.
Housing brought the clearest policy proposals. Montero called for rents to fall by 40% and for speculation to be prohibited. She proposed turning homes held by “vulture funds” into social housing, raising the minimum wage to €1,800 and reducing the working week to 30 hours. These were campaign proposals, not measures presented as already adopted. The interview also addressed the future of the progressive bloc and the pair’s criticism of the PSOE. Montero argued that Podemos would go further than the Socialists on state intervention in strategic sectors, including expropriation or nationalisation.
Rufián argued that government achievements meant little if people continued to live in cramped homes at palace-level prices. On migration, he said the left needed to speak plainly about the challenge of people arriving from abroad. He called for rights to be protected, while also raising security and inclusion. As El Comercio reported, the programme’s broader message was that left-wing politics should improve living standards for everyone.
Their disagreement with the PSOE was more about political strategy than electoral arithmetic. Rufián said he wanted the party to do well but was not campaigning on its behalf. He urged voters to choose any progressive option. Montero warned that if the PSOE became the only left-wing force in the race, confronting the far right could weaken the wider left. She also argued that the Socialists would not pursue the same level of state intervention as Podemos, framing the dispute as a question of the progressive left’s direction.
Broncano introduced the guests with a joke about their failed effort to unite the left. They arrived on set at 22:09, after the programme began on La 1 and RTVE Play at 21:58. Rufián brought Jaén olive oil and a briefcase from the Congress of Deputies. Montero gave Broncano ankle weights, and the pair added satirical gifts aimed at Alberto Núñez Feijóo and Santiago Abascal.
Asked about money in the bank, Rufián said he had around €40,000, slightly more than a year earlier, and credited the increase to writing a book. Montero did not answer. The interview ended at 23:22.
In a later programme update, the show said Ada Colau had accepted Broncano’s invitation, though no date had been announced. It also reported that it was awaiting answers from Feijóo and Abascal.
