Overview
- ABC reports he will remain on medical leave through April and begin a gradual return in May, starting with a breakfast talk at the Nueva Economía Fórum, according to his close circle.
- He left public life after announcing on July 14 that he had a cancerous tumor and would undergo treatment.
- In December he said his treatment had finished and that he was regaining hair, energy and strength as recovery progressed.
- Since then he has made brief appearances, including time at PP headquarters for election results in Extremadura, a January leadership meeting, the ARCO art fair and the wake of journalist Fernando Ónega.
- Family members and lawmakers from several parties have expressed support, and the planned forum appearance is portrayed as a warm welcome and a symbolic relaunch of his public role.