Politics · Spain · 2 hrs ago
ERC leadership rejects Rufián’s call for a broad left-wing pact in Catalonia
Gabriel Rufián wants ERC and the Comuns to form a broad left-wing front in Catalonia ahead of the November 29 elections.
Rufián is ERC’s candidate for Congress and says he will keep pushing for an agreement.
ERC’s leadership has rejected that plan, saying the party will run under its own name and will not join a broad front.
The disagreement comes as the deadline to register election coalitions is three days away.
ERC has agreed to cooperate with Podemos, which will not stand in Catalonia and is asking voters there to support ERC.
The deal is meant to strengthen ERC’s role as a Catalan left-wing party and, its spokesperson says, help counter the far right.
Gabriel Rufián urged ERC and Comuns to agree on a broad left-wing front in Catalonia.
ERC spokesperson Isaac Albert said the party would run under its own name and would not join a broad front.
Rufián said he would keep pressing for an agreement and argued that Catalonia should also have a broad pact.
The disagreement comes three days before the deadline to register coalitions, making an agreement appear unlikely.
ERC is due to contest elections on November 29 and has reached a cooperation agreement with Podemos.
- Who
- Gabriel Rufián is calling for a pact between ERC and Comuns. ERC’s leadership, represented by spokesperson Isaac Albert, rejects joining a broad front.
- What
- Rufián wants ERC and Comuns to agree on a broad left-wing front in Catalonia. ERC says it will run under its own name.
- When
- The report was published on October 13, 2026. The coalition registration deadline was three days away, and the elections are scheduled for November 29.
- Where
- Catalonia.
- Why
- Rufián says the parties should reach an agreement to unblock the situation and argues that broad fronts should also apply in Catalonia. ERC says it should not dilute its name and wants to remain the leading national left-wing party in Catalonia.
Gabriel Rufián
ERC leadership
Pact
Gabriel Rufián
Rufián says ERC and Comuns should reach an agreement and form a broad front in Catalonia.
ERC leadership
ERC says it will not join a broad front and will run as ERC.
Political approach
Gabriel Rufián
Rufián argues that broad fronts should be sought in Catalonia as well as Madrid.
ERC leadership
The leadership says ERC should remain the leading national left-wing party in Catalonia and that its own electoral strength can help counter the far right.
Rufián has continued to advocate an agreement between ERC and Comuns.
Comuns criticised Rufián, saying he was doing everything possible to divide the left.
At an ERC press conference, Rufián renewed his call for a broad pact and Isaac Albert rejected ERC joining one.
The deadline to register coalitions was due to close.
The elections are scheduled to take place.
- Election date
- November 29, 2026
- Coalition registration deadline
- Three days after the October 13 report
- ERC position
- It will run as ERC and not join the broad front
- Proposed partners
- ERC and Comuns
- ERC cooperation agreement
- Podemos
What people are saying
ERC se presenta como ERC.
No formaremos parte nunca del Frente Amplio porque nos presentamos como ERC.
ERC and Comuns must talk, listen to each other and understand each other to unblock the situation.
I want an agreement, and that means there must also be one in Catalonia.
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Por aclarar. Yo quiero que haya acuerdo. Y eso pasa porque también lo haya en Catalunya. No tiene ningún sentido reclamar Frentes Amplios para Madrid y no quererlos para Catalunya. ERC y Comunes deben hablar, escucharse y entenderse para desbloquear la situación. Mas allá
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