PSPV Debate Highlights Alicante Tensions Ahead of European Elections

No sooner had the talk turned to the upcoming European elections on June 9 than to the campaign that is already underway, and to the directive to “stand up to the far right,” a line that the new head of the PSPV, Minister Diana Morant, has embraced as part of her leadership narrative. At the Valencia-based National Committee of the Valencian Socialists, held last Saturday, the discussion also circled a lingering issue in Alicante: the clash between the party led by Miguel Millana with Ángel Franco pulling the strings from behind the scenes, and the city’s municipal group, which is currently headed by former regional minister Ana Barceló. This friction has become a dominant feature of local politics as the party navigates its governance and electoral paths in the province.