Frente Amplio denies talks with PSOE to withdraw candidacies in small provinces

All factions within the Frente Amplio coalition assert that no formal negotiations are taking place with the PSOE to withdraw candidacies in small provinces where the left-wing bloc is unlikely to win seats. Emilio Delgado, the coalition’s top candidate for Madrid, earlier suggested that talks were "in progress" to "optimise" electoral outcomes, but he later emphasized that he does not sit at any negotiation table. He did note that the coalition might consider not running in certain districts to concentrate progressive votes on the PSOE.

The deadline for registering electoral alliances for the Congress expired last Friday, so any new pact cannot be formally signed, though informal understandings could still be reached before the list-submission deadline on Monday. Parties including IU, Sumar, Más Madrid and the Comuns described Delgado’s remarks as a misunderstanding linked to a newly-finalised Senate coalition, and they categorically denied any plan to pull lists. The dispute has also strained relations with ERC’s spokesperson Gabriel Rufián, who warned that left-wing voters need an alternative to the PSOE rather than a merger.