Meanwhile, Aragon’s left continues negotiations for a single list, as proposed by Chunta Aragonesista. Last Friday, the parties met at the Cortes of Aragon, emerging from the meeting with “positive feelings,” and they continued making contact by phone over the holiday weekend.
However, sources involved in the negotiations say that all the parties involved are watching the moves taking place at the national level and in other autonomous communities, such as the alliance between Rufián and Irene Montero. This could delay the negotiations.
ADA COLAU, FRENTE AMPLIO’S CANDIDATE
On Monday, Frente Amplio agreed on Sunday to propose former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau as its candidate for the presidency of the government in the general election on November 29, and issued a call “for the unity of all the left-wing forces.”
In a joint statement, the four parties invited Podemos “to become part of this project,” convinced that “the time has come for all organizations to clearly express their willingness to contribute to unity.” “No one is left out here,” they stressed.
They also said that this candidacy was born “from the need for the left to rise to the challenge of this new cycle of mobilization and social struggle,” with the aim of “building a political response to the demands being expressed today in the streets, neighborhoods and workplaces.”
PODEMOS AND ERC ALLIANCE
That same day, Podemos and ERC announced their alliance ahead of the national elections in a joint press release. Specifically, the statement says that “this collaboration will take shape through two initiatives.” On the one hand, the purple party “will contribute to Esquerra Republicana’s candidacy in the general election in Catalonia.” On the other, “Irene Montero and Gabriel Rufián will campaign together in the general election.”
Podemos’ decision to back ERC in Catalonia makes any coalition with Frente Amplio impossible, since Comuns, a member of that coalition, told Servimedia on Monday that it would stand under its own name in the election and would therefore compete with Esquerra.
