Overview
- IU leader Antonio Maíllo has presented a draft report urging the left to run under a new umbrella name rather than the current Sumar label to avoid confusion between the coalition and Yolanda Díaz’s party.
- IU’s document calls for a sharper profile distinct from the PSOE, criticizing its “neoliberal” and “atlantist” posture and pressing for a more combative agenda centered on housing, work and social rights.
- Movimiento Sumar responds that names are secondary and sets priority on sustaining the governing alliance, advancing rights and focusing on issues such as housing and rent extensions.
- Comunes and Más Madrid downplay the branding dispute as nothing new, say the Sumar denomination remains valid for now and describe the space as cohesive beyond names or acronyms.
- Negotiations are accelerating on a refounded candidacy for the 2027 cycle, with talks spanning brand, leadership rules and coordination, and reporting notes IU’s growing leverage and a more horizontal balance among partners.