Spanish Minister of Equality, Irene Montero
She was the Minister of Equality and is a television commentator. Irene Montero now collaborates on a program called ‘Everything is a lie’.
Politicians which are then commentators…politicians. There are many cases in Portugal.
We remember, of course, José Sócrates. Or Catarina Martins, Paulo Portas, or the even more recent case of João Galamba.
Appearing in television debates, or on commentary programs, is an effective way for the politician in question to remain visible on the media agenda. It is not forgotten by voters.
There is also the opposite path: Sebastião Bugalho commented on politics on television and is now an MEP.
It’s not just here. In Spain, Irene Montero She was Minister of Equality until precisely a year ago, when she joined a Government led by Pedro Sáncgez.
A member of the Podemos party, he became a member of the Left Group in the European Parliament in 2024. She was a candidate for President of the European Parliament but was defeated by .
But it is also television commentatormore precisely not Channel Four.
Irene started to collaborate on a political and social analysis program. In Spain, the question began to arise: how much do you get to former minister for being there?
Nothing: “I come here and I don’t get paid. I do this so that Podemos’s voice is heard”, said the former minister, during the program.
Presenter Risto Mejide smiled and commented: “As producer of this program, I’m delighted to have people come here who don’t charge”, quotes .
Interestingly, the program is called Everything is a lie.
But Irene Montero, in principle, it is not necessary of a salary in this program: from the R$7,000 she had in the bank in 2015, the first time she was elected deputy, she now had 130.000 euros five years later, when she became minister.
In addition to income as a policy, it has several properties – urban and rustic – in Ávila and Madrid, which caused some . And she earned around 7,000 euros a month while she was a minister.
