On June 9, the European elections passed off. In Spain, these elections have ended with the victory of the Popular Party, with 22 seats and simply over 34% of the votes, adopted by the PSOE, with 20 and round 30%, and, amongst others, Vox, with 9.62%. This is mirrored in the provisional knowledge formally offered by the European Union on the web site devoted to the elections.
In this context, the following message, printed by an nameless person, additionally went viral on X: “I’ve already damaged my vow, with the goal of Spain being a democracy!” (sic). The publish is accompanied by a video during which a man is seen in entrance of the poll bins at the polling station who says the following: “Hello, good morning. I come to train my proper not to vote till in Spain, on this case, there is a real democracy with true illustration and separation of powers. So I’m saving my vote till the subsequent time it may be exercised appropriately. Thank you very a lot, have day.”
However, this is false. The video is not present, has been shared since at least July 2023, when the normal elections had been held in Spain. Furthermore, in the photos two urns are seenhowever in the European ones you solely want one.
The viral video during which a man refuses to vote at the polls is from July 2023
To confirm the veracity of the viral message, at INFOVERITAS, first of all, now we have carried out a reverse picture search with the Google instrument. Among the outcomes of this investigation is the similar video printed by one other nameless person of X. As might be seen, the publish that shares the similar content material dates from July 23, 2023. That day the normal elections had been held in Spain.
In truth, when you look intently at the photos, you may see that there are two poll bins. However, to vote in the European elections you solely want one urnsince solely MEPs from the European Parliament are elected (on the different hand, in the normal elections the members of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate are chosen).
In this sense, on this video from the official RTVE Noticias YouTube channel the leaders of the Spanish events with the biggest illustration in the Lower House seem voting in the European elections. As you see, there is just one vote and one poll field for these elections.
Infoveritas verifies that…
The video during which a man refuses to vote at the polls “till there is true democracy in Spain” has no relation to the European elections. These are photos relationship from July 23, 2023, when the normal elections had been held in Spain.
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- Provisional outcomes of the European elections.
- Reverse picture search with Google.
- X profile with the authentic video.
- Official channel of RTVE Noticias on YouTube.
