Equality demands an urgent meeting with Moreno over the pact with Vox
El Rigor · 7 de agosto de 2026, 07:51 · 2 min read
Cross-checked in sources from ABC
Equality Ministry demands urgent meeting with Moreno over transfer of gender violence powers to Vox
The Ministry of Equality has requested an urgent meeting with the president of the Andalusian regional government, Juanma Moreno, according to ABC. The reason is the transfer of powers over gender violence to Vox, agreed as part of the Andalusian governing pact.
Ministry of Equality sources maintain, according to the newspaper, that this transfer breaches the framework of victim protection. The request for a meeting comes after the regional minister for the Presidency, Antonio Sanz, and the regional minister for Equality, Loles López, were identified as central figures in managing the agreement, according to ABC's coverage.
For its part, the Andalusian regional government defends that the management of gender violence remains a regional competence and that the agreement with Vox does not alter the existing level of protection. The discrepancy between the two administrations is now the story: the central government considers that handing powers to Santiago Abascal's party leaves victims unprotected, while the Andalusian executive denies that the pact modifies the policy applied to date.
The context: children at high risk double in Andalusia
The context lending weight to this dispute is recent data from the VioGén system, the comprehensive monitoring mechanism for cases of gender violence. According to ABC on 7 August, the number of children at high risk of gender violence has doubled in Andalusia. This official figure, drawn from the system run by the Interior Ministry, sets the political argument against a backdrop of deterioration in a key protection indicator.
The meeting requested by the Equality Ministry has no confirmed date as yet. What is on the table is whether the Andalusian government agreement with Vox, which has transferred powers over a sensitive area to the party, will withstand scrutiny from the central executive and, above all, whether the trend in risk data will force the management framework to be reopened. Moreno's response to this request will shape the coming days of the relationship between Moncloa and San Telmo.
Piece written and translated automatically from cross-checked sources in several countries.