Naturalized citizens who obtained nationality under the 'ley de nietos' cannot vote in the 29 November general election unless they prove exile ancestry, and the government says it has done all it can before the census closes.
The Frente Amplio coalition of IU, Más Madrid, Comuns and Movimiento Sumar launched its electoral logo, social media profiles and website on Wednesday, 14 October. The same day, Ada Colau, the former Barcelona mayor proposed as its candidate, said she could step aside if that helped reach a unity deal with Podemos.
Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were sent to five days in judicial custody after climbing police barricades to enter Jantar Mantar, a New Delhi protest site that police had removed from its designated list.
Pedro Sánchez has picked Defence Minister Margarita Robles as his number two in Madrid, ahead of Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, after a government dispute over the Ceuta migrant entry.
The CIS October barometer, fieldwork 1 to 6 October, gives the Socialists 34% or 34.5%, but outlets report PP support anywhere from 22.2% to 29.2%. The poll comes as the 29 November general election campaign gets under way.
The CEO barometer puts Salvador Illa's PSC first with 33 to 35 seats, down from 42, while Aliança Catalana would rise to 23 to 25 and press ERC for second place. Combined, PSC, ERC and the Comuns fall short of the 68 seats needed for a majority.
Miriam González announced on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, that Ciudadanos and UCIN will stand alongside her party in the 29 November general election. The joint list will run only in Madrid and Barcelona, and the coalition must register with the Junta Electoral Central within about two days.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez answered comedian Luciana Littizzetto's on-air invitation to move to Italy by saying he must stay in Spain to cook paella for at least four more years. He also said he could not imagine a better person than Elly Schlein to lead Italy's centre-left.
Former Marianne director Natacha Polony said on France Inter on Wednesday, 14 October, that she will stand, pledging to prioritise production on French soil in public procurement and to end business aid not tied to French production.
Spain's prime minister opened his pre-campaign in Dos Hermanas near Seville on Saturday, pledging to keep and strengthen housing decrees if his party wins a broad progressive majority in the 29 November general election.
Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro said on Tuesday, 13 October, that he will back the Senate proposal to cut the working week from 44 to 40 hours. The Senate plenary vote is set for Wednesday, 14 October, ahead of the 25 October runoff.
Sagal Abdi-Wali took 45% of the vote in Thursday's special election, against just under 33% for Green leader Zack Polanski, who now faces calls to stand down over his party's stance on Zionism.
The reform introduces a proportional system with a seat bonus for alliances above 42% of the vote. Centre-left parties say it is meant to keep Meloni in power, and legal challenges are being prepared for when the law takes effect.
A Republican super PAC's attack ad on Maine Democrat Troy Jackson ran for four days in Portland, Oregon, after its ad buyer picked the wrong city with the same name.
Supporters opened their campaign for a nationwide restriction on noisy fireworks in Bern on 13 October. Voters decide on the federal popular initiative on 29 November 2026, with 137,429 valid signatures already submitted.
The Democratic National Committee and Common Cause filed federal lawsuits in Washington and New York to block the White House from using public funds to air promotional broadcasts before the November midterms.
At Trump's campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday, 12 October, attendees pulled at and struck a woman protester before police escorted her out. Trump mocked her weight from the podium and called her a paid protester.
The CDU presidium meets Sunday and Monday as Friedrich Merz faces criticism over a secret vote in Saxony-Anhalt, where CDU members are suspected of having helped elect an AfD Landtag president.
Elon Musk has given more than $276 million to Republican groups since July, including $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund. The donations come ahead of the 3 November midterms, when Democrats are expected to gain the House and the Senate is seen as a toss-up.
More than 107,000 people had voted by Saturday 22:00 in the first round of the French left-wing primary, which now runs until Sunday 18:00 after Friday's cyberattack on the online voting platform.
The Parti Québécois returned to power in Quebec on Monday with 59 of 127 seats, leading Premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon to reaffirm plans for an independence referendum after 2029.
Demonstrators repeatedly disrupted Donald Trump's appearance in San Antonio on Wednesday as the president campaigned for Ken Paxton in a contested Senate race where the party has spent over $300 million.
Speaking at the Palacio Real reception for Spain's National Day, Feijóo said the PP will not give up a vote before polls close, while Vox's leader Santiago Abascal skipped the event. An IMOP poll cited by El Confidencial puts the PP-Vox bloc at 201 seats.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers faced off Thursday night in their first televised debate, less than a month before the November 3 midterms. Rogers repeatedly linked El-Sayed, who is Muslim, to Hezbollah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda, claims for which no evidence has been put forward.
Aleksander Miszalski, recalled in a May referendum, broke four months of silence on Friday with a post calling rival Łukasz Gibała a liar. The runoff for Kraków mayor is on Sunday, 11 October.
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro won 47% of the vote against incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's 45% in Brazil's presidential election, sending both candidates to an October 25 runoff alongside conservative gains in Congress.
Nationalist parties consolidated power in Bosnia and Herzegovina's 4 October general elections, securing two seats on the tripartite presidency and dominating regional races as voter turnout fell to 41.5%.
Prosecutors accuse Brașov businessman Bogdan Peșchir of giving 265 voters gifts and crypto worth 957,842.23 dollars to back Călin Georgescu in the 2024 presidential race, according to figures cited from the file.
Lawyers and constitutional scholars will file the appeals on 26 October, the day the Stabilicum takes effect, with the aim of reaching the Constitutional Court before the next election.
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs won the parliamentary election after his centrist United List alliance secured 35.3% of the vote and 41 seats in the Saeima, positioning him to lead a majority coalition.
UPN's party council voted on Tuesday, 13 October, to run in coalition with the Partido Popular at the 29 November general election, with Alberto Núñez Feijóo as the joint candidate for the Presidency of the Government.
The CUP's National Table decided Saturday not to stand in Spain's 29 November general election, with a 24-hour online member vote on Sunday set to confirm the position.
About 2,000 people, according to the PP, packed Ifema on Saturday as Alberto Núñez Feijóo opened the party's campaign for the 29 November general election, held 50 days later.
At his first regional rally in Lyon on Saturday, the Renaissance candidate presented a youth and education pact to about 2,000 people. The meeting came as high-school protests continued and one day before Jean-Luc Mélenchon's own education-focused meeting in Clermont-Ferrand.
Salvini and three deputy secretaries stepped down on Monday, 12 October, a formal move that lets him stand again at the extraordinary congress on 24 and 25 October in Milan.
The Supreme Court of India issued formal notices to the Union government and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on 5 October 2026, following four days of nationwide protests over the removal of 130 million names from voter lists.
The prosecution's filing, reported on Friday 9 October, asks the court to end a September suspension that could leave 163,020 nationalized Spaniards without a vote in the 29 November election.
Former Tsipras speechwriter Thanasis Karteros called PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis an idiot in a column, and both sides are now trading accusations over who will finish second at the next election.
Zachariadis announced his entry into ELAS in a video posted to Facebook on 13 October 2026, one day after Vassilis Kokkalis said he would join the party. He framed the move as a call for a broad political rallying of progressive forces.
Valencia's government delegate will be first on the Socialist list for Congress in the 29 November general election, with Finance Minister Arcadi España second and PSOE organisation secretary Rebeca Torró third.