Politics · Spain · 1 hr ago
Frente Amplio and Podemos face a decision on joining forces for elections
Left-wing groups in Spain are trying to decide whether to run together in the elections.
The talks focus on Podemos and Frente Amplio, an alliance that includes IU, Movimiento Sumar, Más Madrid and Comuns.
Podemos, with Irene Montero as its candidate, wants open primaries to choose a shared left-wing leader.
It proposed holding the vote on Wednesday and Thursday, before the deadline for registering electoral coalitions.
Frente Amplio has not accepted the proposal, and its members disagree about it.
The alliance is also trying to settle its own leadership, after a proposal involving Ada Colau and changes to the Madrid candidate list caused tensions with coalition partners.
The groups’ decisions this week will determine whether they register as a joint coalition or run separately.
Frente Amplio and Podemos face a decisive week over whether to run together in the elections.
Podemos is calling for open primaries to choose the left’s leader, while Frente Amplio generally favors an agreement for Podemos to join the alliance.
Podemos proposes holding the primaries on Wednesday and Thursday, one day before the deadline to register electoral coalitions.
Frente Amplio is also dealing with disagreements over its own leadership and candidate lists.
The parties’ talks remained deadlocked on Friday, according to the article.
- Who
- Frente Amplio and Podemos, along with other left-wing parties and groups.
- What
- They are deciding whether to run together in the elections; Podemos wants open primaries to choose the left’s leader.
- When
- During the week described as decisive in the article, published October 12, 2026. The coalition registration deadline is due the day after Podemos’s proposed Wednesday and Thursday primaries.
- Where
- Spain; the article discusses national elections and party negotiations.
- Why
- The parties are seeking a common electoral project to avoid splitting the vote.
Podemos
Frente Amplio
Method to choose leadership
Podemos
Supports open primaries to choose the left’s leader.
Frente Amplio
Generally favors an agreement for Podemos to join the alliance and some figures say it is better for parties to agree than compete.
How talks should proceed
Podemos
Says primaries are the way to reach agreement and has privately rejected the offer of a place in the alliance.
Frente Amplio
Says Podemos should take up a place in the alliance and that proposals should be discussed there, not through the media.
salir del bucle
Con las primarias siempre aciertas
es mejor acordar que competir
no hay que descartar nada
Más Madrid proposed Ada Colau as candidate for prime minister, with Mónica García leading the Madrid list.
Podemos opened registration for candidates and voters in its proposed primary process.
Negotiations between Frente Amplio partners were still deadlocked.
Registration for voters and pre-candidates in Podemos’s proposed primaries closed.
- Article publication
- October 12, 2026
- Proposed primaries
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Coalition registration deadline
- The day after the proposed primaries
- Más Madrid’s revised Madrid list
- Emilio Delgado to lead, with Mónica García in second place
- Podemos candidate
- Irene Montero
Sources
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