During a campaign that typically demands a larger mobilization effort to vote, the European elections have drawn relatively little attention in Alicante as the sprint toward polling day accelerates. This Friday, on the last day of campaigning, parties concentrated their activities in the Valencian Community, with Valencia taking center stage through appearances by the PSOE, the PP, and Compromís-Sumar. The Valencian coalition and Yolanda Díaz’s platform are the only major participants scheduling a morning event in Alicante, while Vox has chosen to wrap up its activities in Madrid.
Compromís-Sumar used the Alicante stop to map out the campaign’s trajectory, staging a morning gathering at 10:15 a.m. on the Jorge Juan stairs. The lineup showcased Joan Baldoví, the Valencian Cortes spokesperson, along with national deputies Txema Guijarro and Nahuel González, and the European candidates Ioana Sintimbrean and Patricia Sala. In the afternoon, Valencia will host the national closing rally, with Yolanda Díaz taking center stage as the figurehead of the Sumar alliance. This sequence underscores the emphasis placed on the Valencian Community as a strategic hub in the final hours of the race [citation: European elections coverage].
On the PSOE side, the closing rally in Valencia features two government ministers from Pedro Sánchez’s administration. Diana Morant, the PSPV general secretary, and Pilar Alegría, minister of Education, are slated to appear alongside the Valencian federation’s two parliamentary candidates, Leire Pajín from Benidorm and former Valencia deputy mayor Sandra Gómez, who has not appeared publicly in Alicante in the weeks leading up to the vote. Local Alicante groups are organizing their own closing events, and a bus will transport party members to the afternoon gathering. Pedro Sánchez will be in Madrid for the final stretch of campaigning, a move that aligns with the national focus on the capital for the concluding moments of the race [citation: PSOE campaign updates].
Meanwhile, the PP’s national leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, is set to headline the closer in Valencia as the party’s messaging centers on the Valencian Community’s significance. Feijóo had previously kicked off the campaign in the region on May 24 with a meeting in Elche that brought together leaders from multiple economic sectors, signaling an intent to build broad regional support ahead of the vote [citation: PP campaign rollouts].
Finally, Vox will close its campaign in Madrid as is customary. The party had conducted its principal Alicante event earlier in the week, featuring its leader Santiago Abascal and top list candidate Jorge Buxadé, reinforcing the party’s long-standing emphasis on Madrid as the stage for its final act in the national referendum. The Alicante stop, though smaller in scale, fit into Vox’s broader strategy of concentrating closing activity in the capital while maintaining visibility in key regional centers [citation: Vox campaign plan].
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