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Sam Jones in Madrid

Spanish PM offers €2 cinema tickets for over-65s ahead of regional elections

Pedro Sánchez campaigning in Seville on Saturday
Pedro Sánchez campaigning in Seville on Saturday. Photograph: Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images

Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has announced a new scheme that will allow over-65s to go to the cinema every Tuesday for just €2 (£1.76) two weeks before the country heads to the polls for crucial regional and municipal elections.

The subsidy, announced during a campaign event in the central region of Castilla-La Mancha, comes a year after Sánchez’s minority coalition government introduced a youth culture voucher scheme that gives Spaniards turning 18 €400 to spend on books, records, digital subscriptions, festivals, concerts, plays, exhibitions and films.

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