Politics · Spain · 10 hrs ago
Gabriel Rufián to lead ERC list for Spain’s November general election
Gabriel Rufián, Esquerra Republicana’s spokesperson in Spain’s Congress, is set to lead the party’s list in the general election on 29 November.
The party executive is due to formalise the choice at a meeting on Sunday.
Rufián will represent ERC, rather than lead a separate left-wing coalition called Frente Amplio.
Members of that coalition, which includes Más Madrid, IU, Movimiento Sumar and Comuns, had urged him to join or lead its election campaign.
Rufián has said he wants to represent ERC while working with other left-wing groups.
ERC says regional meetings will work out details of its candidacy in the coming days.
Party bodies are due to approve its lists for Congress and the Senate on 20 October.
Gabriel Rufián will lead Esquerra Republicana’s list for Barcelona in Spain’s 29 November general election.
The party’s executive is due to formalise the decision at a meeting on Sunday.
Rufián will not lead the Frente Amplio, despite calls from some of its members for him to head the coalition’s list.
ERC says regional congresses will set out further details of its candidacy in the coming days.
The party plans to approve its candidates for Congress and the Senate on 20 October.
- Who
- Gabriel Rufián, the ERC spokesperson in Congress, will lead the party’s Barcelona list.
- What
- He will head ERC’s candidacy in the general election.
- When
- The election is on 29 November 2026. The party executive is due to formalise the decision on 11 October.
- Where
- Barcelona.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
I want to represent Esquerra Republicana. And I am trying to do so with the minimum conditions needed to face what is coming with enough guarantees and determination. And I am trying to do it alongside other left-wing and anti-fascist forces because we cannot win this alone. And I will keep trying until the end. And I hope ERC wants that too. Nothing more.
I am totally willing to help him if he decides not only to be a candidate for Catalonia, but also to exercise that leadership to unite the left at the state level.
Rufián said he wanted to represent ERC and work alongside other left-wing forces.
Ada Colau said she was willing to help Rufián lead a united left at the state level.
Comuns spokesperson Gerardo Pisarello urged Rufián to decide whether to run with ERC or join the Frente Amplio candidacy.
ERC’s executive was due to meet to formalise Rufián’s place at the head of its list.
ERC plans to hold internal meetings to approve its candidates for Congress and the Senate.
- Candidate
- Gabriel Rufián
- Party
- Esquerra Republicana (ERC)
- List
- Barcelona
- Election date
- 29 November 2026
- Planned candidate approvals
- 20 October 2026
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