Talk:Alberto Núñez Feijóo

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The following sentence was present in the article prior to 23:03, 27 May 2014‎:

"Under Feijóo's presidency,Galicia has become once again the main point of entrance and distribution of cocaine into Europe.^[1][2][3][4]"

This affirmation is tendentious and unsubstantiated by the references provided:

a) The 1st reference ^[5] mostly analyses data up to 2009, prior to Mr Feijoo's presidency, and if anything it seems to suggest that drug seizures in the Northern Atlantic peaked in 2006, having stabilized or decreased ever since. Furthermore, it identifies Spain, and not just Galicia, as the main point of entrance and distribution for cocaine into Europe. Galicia is higlighted for its connections with Colombian drug cartels, but not singled out as such a main point.

b) The 2nd ^[6] and 4th ^[7] references make no mention of a increase in drug traffic or seizures in the period in question

c) The 3rd article ^[8] makes no reference of Galicia whatsoever. Elche is located on the Eastern coast of Spain.

Furthermore, this sentence seems to imply that Mr. Feijoo's tenure favours cocaine traffic in light of his personal connections. To the best of my knowledge this is plain libel, unsupported by any published research.

Given the small extent of the English version of this Biography, I consider the discussion of the "Marcial Dorado's pictures" scandal quite irrelevant. Such discussion would be appropriate in a more extense article which could include this and other controversies involving Mr Feijoo's; otherwise it would seem that the only aspect worth noticing (and critizising) in nearly 4 years of tenure is having befriended a drug trafficker a decade ago, which is quite a misrepresentation of the whole picture.

I encourage the authors of such comments to include them (and defend them) in the Galician and Spanish versions of the article (as they seem to be conversant in Spanish, judging by the references). The English language stubs for Spanish politician biographics are hardly the place for political tirades or knee-jerk reactions. If anything it only helps giving a poor and immature image of the Spanish electorate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by UK Mucca (talk • contribs) 23:37, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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In Spain the last surname concerns mother's surname, not father's. So Alberto Núñez Feijóo should be currently referred as 'Alberto Núñez' or 'Núñez'. Never 'Alberto Feijóo' or 'Feijóo'. AnnaBruta (talk) 16:17, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is the general rule but not the universal rule. The references - i.e. third-party reports mainly in his own country - all say "Núñez Feijóo" or "Feijóo". Some people in Spain are known by the second surname, particularly if it is a lot rarer than the first surname. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is almost always referred to as just "Zapatero", given that "Rodríguez" is one of the most common surnames. Núñez is not as common a surname, but he spent most of his career solely in Galician politics, where it is common in that region. I doubt there is one reliable recent source from Spain that just calls him Núñez. Additionally, nowhere on the page does, or should, say "Alberto Feijóo". Unknown Temptation (talk) 10:07, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

He is almost universally known as "Feijóo" (not "Alberto Feijóo", but "Feijóo"). Zapatero's one is a good example of this, but there are others (Isabel Díaz Ayuso being commonly referred to as "Ayuso", Emiliano García-Page as "Page", María Teresa Fernández de la Vega as "de la Vega", Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría as "Santamaría", and so on). Impru20^talk 11:09, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]