Overview
- Compromís says the public meeting between Mónica Oltra and Gabriel Rufián last Friday exceeded expectations and has energized party leaders to pursue wider left cooperation.
- The party scheduled an open assembly on July 4 to ratify Oltra’s candidacy and to invite potential partners to participate in the selection process without voting rights.
- Compromís is proposing flexible formulas to allocate electable positions across Valencia city, the regional Corts and other municipal or general-election lists so allied parties can secure representation.
- Representatives from Esquerra Unida, Podem, Sumar and ERPV described the encounter as a ‘‘revulsivo’’ and signaled willingness to seek consensus, while some opinion voices warned that closer ties with ERC could shift the coalition’s Valencianist identity.
- The push to build joint lists aims to mobilize voters left of the PSOE and change the region’s balance of power, with negotiators weighing which partners would gain deputies in the Corts or council seats in Valencia.