RTVE apologizes for its message after the death of former minister Fátima Báñez: "It was something that was not appropriate"

The public corporation RTVE has recognized that a message on X (Twitter) that accompanied the news of the death of the former Minister of Employment was "unfortunate" and has deleted the tweet in addition to publishing an apology.

Fátima Báñez, who held the Employment and Social Security portfolio during the Mariano Rajoy Government, died this Wednesday at the age of 59 in the train accident in Urda (Toledo). Born in San Juan del Puerto (Huelva), she had been one of the most visible figures of the Popular Party in the years of the economic crisis, especially due to the labor reform of 2012.

Hours after learning of her death, the RTVE Noticias en The text generated strong rejection, especially among PP officials and users on social networks. Representative Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo spoke in these terms: "This abject headline. Indecent TVE."

The corporation deleted both the tweet and the news and, later, released an official statement on the same social network: "RTVE Noticias apologizes for the unfortunate tweet in which it reported the death of former minister Fátima Báñez in the accident in Toledo, alluding to her management in the Employment and Social Security portfolio and highlighting information that was not appropriate. Our sincere condolences to her family and relatives."

Last Wednesday Fátima Báñez was traveling on the Iryo train that covered the Madrid-Seville route to attend a business meeting in Andalusia, when the train accident occurred near Urda (Toledo), in which an Iryo train and a Renfe AVE convoy were involved.