MADRID LEFT-WING POLITICS & MÁS MADRID
Political strategy, electoral campaigns and grassroots outreach efforts by left-wing parties in Madrid, particularly Más Madrid, as they seek to reconnect with voters and challenge the dominant right-wing in the capital
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Montecarmelo residents outraged by the council's appeal against the halt of the waste depot: 'It's contempt for justice'
EL PAÍSLos vecinos de Montecarmelo se indignan por el recurso del Ayuntamiento contra la paralización del cantón: “Es un desprecio a la justicia”
Jun 29, 2026, 11:28 AM
Residents of Madrid's Montecarmelo neighbourhood are outraged by the city council's appeal against the suspension of a waste depot ('cantón'), calling it 'contempt for justice'. The council argues that halting the works would cost more than 450,000 euros a month and says 'political statements' should be disregarded as irrelevant to the process.
Marta Higueras's project stirs Madrid politics a year before the municipal elections: 'The problem is thinking in national terms'
EL PAÍSEl proyecto de Marta Higueras agita la política de Madrid a un año de las municipales: “El problema es pensar en clave nacional”
Jun 29, 2026, 11:17 AM
Marta Higueras, former deputy to ex-mayor Manuela Carmena, is shaking up Madrid politics a year before municipal elections with a 'municipalist and independent' project for the 2027 vote. She aims to attract abstaining voters, arguing the problem is thinking in national rather than local terms.