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Ada Colau urges the Broad Front and Podemos to reach an agreement for 29N 24 hours before the close of coalitions: "We are in extra time"
Emilio Delgado also offers Podemos a starting position for Madrid and is open to changing his position if his partners ask him to, in a last attempt to incorporate the purples into the joint candidacy of the Broad Front

Podemos and Izquierda Unida clash over the 29N pacts one day before the coalition deadline: "Let them join the Broad Front"
Podemos maintains, when asked by 'ElConstitucional.es', its offer to IU in ten communities; meanwhile, Maíllo demands a global pact and the territories call for unity to prevent division from facilitating a majority for PP and the far-right Vox on 29N

The Broad Front and Podemos rush negotiations for 29N, with the option of Irene Montero in Madrid on the table and Ada Colau willing to yield
The former mayor of Barcelona offers to discuss her candidacy and the brand, while Podemos maintains the Montero-Rufián tandem; sources from the Broad Front are confident of reaching an agreement despite the discomfort with the primaries

The Broad Front confirms Emilio Delgado as head of the list for Madrid and seeks to add Irene Montero
The agreement ratifies the scenario advanced by 'ElConstitucional.es', whose sources place an offer to Irene Montero for number two; meanwhile, Ada Colau demands to negotiate unity before the closing of coalitions on Friday

Almeida calls Óscar Puente "incapable" and "Twitter minister" after the Madrid-Barcelona AVE fire
The mayor of Madrid assures that the head of Transport will not be missed when he leaves the Government; while Renfe investigates the Ricla fire and also confirms that passengers were evacuated without injuries

Sarah Santaolalla points to Feijóo for the video on social media by the PP of Madrid against her: "How far will the Popular Party go to end critical opinions?"
The political analyst and presenter of La Séptima asks where the PP obtained the images and denounces that her private life is being used to discredit her opinions; she assures that the video is not on her social networks nor on those of her friends

Ada Colau breaks her silence and asks ERC and Podemos to agree on a single candidacy: she reminds them that "there is still time" before Friday
Colau thanks the support of the Broad Front, whose backing for her was advanced by 'ElConstitucional.es', and demands concessions to reach an agreement with Podemos and ERC before the close of coalitions this Friday

Ada Colau invites Rufián to the Broad Front and asks him to unite the left: "If we don't do it, we will never forgive ourselves"
The former mayor of Barcelona demands in 'Más Vale Tarde', on laSexta, the incorporation of Podemos into the lists, and offers her help to the ERC spokesperson; meanwhile, negotiations on the confluence and leadership for 29N remain open

Sumar Movement extends a hand to Podemos and Rufián for the Broad Front: "The lefts are going to go together"
The co-leader of Movimiento Sumar, Verónica Barbero, assures in 'Malas Lenguas' on La 2, that the leadership will be known before October 17, and asks to negotiate without vetoes; meanwhile, she values Gabriel Rufián as an "immense electoral asset"

Óscar Puente defies the polls and asks for unity from the left: "The PSOE will be the leading force on November 29"
The Minister of Transport wants to repeat as head of the list for Valladolid in the general elections, and maintains that the PSOE can mobilize the progressive electorate; meanwhile, he asks Frente Amplio and Podemos for an agreement that avoids division

The Más Madrid deputy Tesh Sidi attacks Podemos' open primaries: "As if participatory democracy were done on TikTok"
The Madrid deputy questions the website and the election method proposed by Irene Montero's party; meanwhile, her party demands four starting positions in the Broad Front candidacy for Madrid for the November 29 elections

Ione Belarra invites Ada Colau to open primaries and extends a hand to Rufián: "We would love to team up"
The leader of Podemos has invited, on La 2's 'Malas Lenguas', other organizations to participate in an open vote on October 14 and 15; and has claimed Rufián as an asset for the left across the entire State

Podemos activates open primaries for the 29N elections and calls on the Broad Front to choose the candidacy together
The purple formation launches a website to register voters and aspirants and sets the vote for October 14 and 15; meanwhile, Irene Montero maintains contacts to try to unite the left on a single ballot

Óscar López steps down from the PSOE list for Congress and points to Ayuso: "All my energies are going to go into achieving change in Madrid"
The minister has announced his decision to Esther Palomera and Gonzalo Miró on La2's "Malas Lenguas"; López assures that he will campaign for Pedro Sánchez for the 29N elections and then will focus on disputing the Community of Madrid with the PP.

The PSOE opens the door to joint lists with the left to snatch the PP's absolute majority in the Senate on 29N
María Jesús Montero sees it as "interesting" to explore pacts where the progressive vote is left without a seat; a platform calculates that shared candidacies could change the result in up to 30 provinces

Ada Colau offers herself to the Broad Front "inside or outside" the lists and asks to add Podemos and Rufián for 29N
The former mayor of Barcelona clarifies in TVE's 'Malas Lenguas' that she has not put herself forward to lead the candidacy, and calls for agreements while the leadership election remains open and the option of Mónica García still generates reservations

Santiago Abascal already sets conditions for Feijóo to govern in coalition after the 29N elections: "Remigration" and "national priority"
The leader of the far-right Vox demands expulsions and preference for Spaniards in public aid, while Feijóo opens the door to a possible coalition and polls strengthen the far-right's negotiating power

And Rufián? He sets conditions for ERC to repeat in the November 29 elections and defends a united left against the PP and the far-right Vox
His circle defends the province-by-province confluence and demands room to influence ERC's strategy, which considers him its best candidate; meanwhile, the spokesperson listens to the left before deciding his role on 29N

Figaredo lashes out against pensions and defends the mixed system of individual savings proposed by the far-right Vox: "The pension system is a zombie"
The ultra party's proposal would combine distribution with individual capitalization, without the economic spokesperson specifying how much money would be diverted from the current system or how the transition would be financed.
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