A few have been left out, but for these european electionsfinally they are 34 matches presented from Spain. The elections to the European Parliament are held over several days, depending on each country, and in Spain they take place on June 9. Of the 705 MEPs who are elected in the electoral event, 59 are chosen by the Spanish people, from more than 2,200 candidates that make up the lists proclaimed for 9J.

The main struggle in Spain It will be between the PP and the PSOE. According to surveys, the PSOE will retain the 20 seats it obtained in the 2019 European elections, while the PP is expected to double its results and make a considerable jump, from the 12 seats it won in the last European election to 24 seats. Precisely the candidates of the two formations, Teresa Ribera (PSOE) and Dolors Montserrat (PP) They recently faced each other in a face to face debate on laSextawhich the socialist leader took the opportunity to criticize the popular party for “surrendering to the extreme right” and in which Montserrat ruined the pacts of the PSOE with Carles Puigdemont in the last Catalan elections.

For these European elections, ERC, EH Bildu, BNG and Ara Més present themselves hand in hand under the name of Ahora Repúblicas, a nomenclature that the same coalition of parties already used, without Ara Més, in the past European elections, when it added three seats. Now Repúblicas takes the already ERC MEP Diana Riba as head of the list. Vox, for its part, for which polls predict six seats – double that of 2019 – arrives at 9J with the strong man and ideologist of the far-right formation at the helm, Jorge Buxadeknown not only for having brought a more religious vision of life to the party, but also for encouraging rejection of the scientific consensus on the climate emergency.

Who also presents himself freely is Togetherwith Toni Comín at the helm, just a few weeks after the independence party, more focused on the figure of Carles Puigdemont, improved its own forecasts in the catalan elections and positioned itself not only as the second political force in the autonomous community, but did so with a 15-seat advantage over ERC. Sumar, who arrives at the European Championships for the first time, does so with Galan Star leading the candidacy in an appointment in which the definitive disappearance of Ciudadanoswith Jordi Cañas as the main candidate, after his departure from the national political arena.

The programs of the main parties

  • ‘Equality, freedom and future’ → PP electoral program for European women
  • ‘More Europe, + PSOE’ → PSOE electoral program for European elections
  • ‘They are going to hear us’ → Vox electoral program for the Europeans
  • ‘For democracy, rights and freedoms’ → Now Republics electoral program for the Europeans
  • ‘A program that sets the course in Europe’ → Sumar program for the European elections
  • ‘Your voice matters’ → CEUS program for European women