Vox cancels Abascal's Jordi Wild interview after 40-minute cut on La Revuelta

The cancellation

Vox has cancelled the interview that Santiago Abascal was due to record on Wednesday, 11 November, with the content creator Jordi Wild for his programme 'The Wild Project'. The party says it is suspending any recording in which its terms are not guaranteed. The decision follows the broadcast of Abascal's interview with David Broncano on 'La Revuelta', the TVE programme produced by El Terrat, which the candidate gave on Monday, 9 November. Vox says about 40 minutes of that interview were left out of the version that aired. In a statement published on X, the party said it does not attribute any breach to Wild and that the suspension is meant to protect the reputation of Vox and its candidates during the election period. Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo are among the guests due to appear on Wild's programme.

The complaint against RTVE and El Terrat

Vox accuses RTVE and El Terrat of breaking an agreement reached in good faith, under which the full recording would be handed over or published in full. According to the party, the cut was made without giving Vox any say over which passages were of greater or lesser interest to viewers. Vox says the removed material included key messages on health, the defence of public services and energy, among other subjects. The party says the full recording is still being withheld and demands its immediate release and publication. Vox has also warned that, while the material stays in their hands, unpublished content could be manipulated.

“The result is that the public broadcaster is holding 40 minutes of answers from our candidate when they should be in the public domain.”

Conditions Vox sets for future programmes

Abascal will no longer appear in any programme that holds exclusive control over his answers, Vox says. The party reserves the right to edit images and content, make its own cuts and publish material in whole or in part, and it wants the same reciprocal right over any programme that uses its image and content. Vox also accuses La Revuelta of breaking its commitment not to change the usual nature and format of the show, which it calls an outrage and a harm that requires measures so it does not happen again. The statement does not say how that reciprocal right would be secured or how those demands would fit with a broadcaster's editorial control. The party's position is set out in its own words:

“Vox has decided to suspend any recording where the full right and autonomy of Vox is not guaranteed, while of course respecting the editorial independence of the programme.”

Broncano and the programme's response

David Broncano has addressed the controversy. On Tuesday, 10 November, he defended having accepted Vox's condition that the programme not change its usual format. He has said that Abascal's appearance on the show was not his decision, and he defended keeping editorial responsibility over the programme. Vox asked Wild to change the conditions of his programme, and Wild refused. Vox says Wild did not break any agreement.

What remains open

The statement gives no new date for the Wild interview and no timetable for releasing the 40 minutes. It also does not name the mechanisms Vox would use to secure its reciprocal rights. Vox describes the Wild cancellation as a step taken only to protect its image during the election period, not a response to any fault by the creator. The dispute therefore turns on whether RTVE and El Terrat hand over or publish the full recording, which according to Vox remains with them.