The president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo will assist next week to the Plaza de Toros de las Ventas in Madrid to support bullfighting and “defend cultural freedom” in Spain.
This was stated this Wednesday by the leader of the PP in a publication on his X account, after the Ministry of Culture, led by Ernest Urtasun, made the decision last week to suppress the National Bullfighting Award considering that these awards They should be “faithful reflection of the evaluations and feelings of society”such as increased concern for animal welfare.
“Next week I will go to Las Ventas to support bullfighting and, above all, to defend cultural freedom in our country“said Feijóo.
Although he has acknowledged not being “a great expert” in the world of bullfighting, the popular leader has stressed that he is clear that the defense of Culture “cannot depend on the taste of any ruler.”
Precisely, the entities in charge of the promotion and defense of bullfighting in eight bullfighting countries have decided to establish the International Council of Bullfighting Cultures (CICULT) and this Friday, May 10, they will sign an international collaboration agreement for the defense and dissemination of bullfighting. in Las Ventas de Madrid.