马德里，10月17日 - 西班牙硬左派政党在周六分别提交了候选人名单，此前全国性协议谈判破裂，这降低了社会党首相佩德罗·桑切斯领导左翼联盟继续执政的机会。
MADRID, Oct 17 - Spain's hard-left parties on Saturday presented separate candidate lists for a snap election after talks on a nationwide pact collapsed, reducing Socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez' chances of staying in power at the head of a leftist coalition.
西班牙的选举制度对分别参选的小党不利，特别是在人口较少的省份，可供竞争的席位较少。
Spain's electoral system disadvantages smaller parties running separately, particularly in less populous provinces, where fewer seats are available.
这种分裂也可能削弱左翼选民的士气，而组织者本希望通过住房抗议和对极右翼的恐惧来激发这些选民的热情。
The division could also demoralise left-wing voters, whom organisers hoped to galvanise around housing protests and fear of the far right.
广阔阵线是一个由少数政府中代表的几个政党组成的平台，另一个主要的硬左派政党是 Podemos（“我们能”），两者一直就马德里和巴塞罗那——这两个最大选区——11月29日选举的联合候选人名单上的领导位置进行公开争论。昔日战友如今成为对手的长期积怨也没有帮助。
The Broad Front, a platform comprising several parties represented in the minority government, and the other main party on the hard left, Podemos ("We Can"), had been publicly arguing over the leading positions on joint candidate lists for the November 29 election in Madrid and Barcelona, the largest constituencies. Long-standing animosities between former comrades-turned-rivals did not help.
“这些天来情况非常艰难……有些人今天会失望，为此我感到抱歉，”广阔阵线的领导人、前巴塞罗那市长 Ada Colau 在该平台在马德里的启动活动上说道。
"These past few days have been very difficult ... some people will be disappointed today, and for that I am sorry," Ada Colau, the former Barcelona mayor and leader of the Broad Front, said at her platform's launch event in Madrid.
Podemos 的领衔候选人是前平等部长 Irene Montero，该党曾提出通过公开初选来确定联合名单上候选人的排名。
Podemos, whose lead candidate is former equality minister Irene Montero, had proposed open primaries to determine candidates' positions on joint lists.
但广阔阵线拒绝了这一提议，称时间太晚，并希望自己的首选候选人能够领衔马德里和巴塞罗那的名单。
But the Broad Front refused, arguing there was too little time, and wanted its own preferred candidates to lead the lists in Madrid and Barcelona.
随后，Podemos 与支持加泰罗尼亚独立的加泰罗尼亚共和左翼（ERC）达成了单独的协议。
Podemos then made a separate pact deal with the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), which favours Catalan independence.