The race towards 29N is already underway and some eyes are on Brussels because there are names that the parties are going to turn to to perfect their lists for the general elections. Alvise, Montero, Pons, Ezcurra, Montserrat or Buxadé: these are some of the figures who are now MEPs and who will have - or could have - a place in the future Congress that is formed after passing through the polls and even in a potential Government. Some jumps are already confirmed and others seem obvious; Meanwhile, there are steps that would only be taken, it seems, in the event that the party in power leads or is part of the Executive that will come.
Already in 2023 there were some important steps, and in 2024, stopping the European elections, the reverse path was taken. The European Parliament, in fact, has become a kind of quarry. For example, two ministers from the last Government (Ernest Urtasun and Sira Rego) came to office exchanging the European sphere for the cabinet of Pedro Sánchez. Now, what names will or could move from Brussels and Strasbourg to the national sphere in the next general elections?
Alvise and Irene Montero are already confirmed
There are two names already confirmed. The first is that of Irene Montero. The former Minister of Equality and current vice president of the Left group in the European Parliament will be, after going through primaries, Podemos's candidate for the general elections. His role is, however, waiting for what happens with the Frente Amplio: the group candidacy of the left could lead Montero, in the event of an agreement, to occupy one of the starting positions on the list for Madrid, something that at the moment does not seem unreasonable. If he wins a seat, Montero will return to Congress after his time in the Spanish government's first coalition government.
Someone who can make his debut as a national deputy is Alvise Pérez. The leader of Se Acabó la Fiesta has confirmed that he will lead the list for Madrid in the first general elections for his formation; His time in the European Parliament is full of controversy. And the European Parliament has already agreed to lift his immunity for his judicial cases, but he is part of the Non-Registered group (having not been accepted by any of the ideological families). As of October 2026, the Supreme Court maintains six proceedings against him: one for the dissemination in 2021 of a false PCR attributed to Salvador Illa, for alleged falsification of documents and libel; another for messages and publications directed against the Valencian prosecutor Susana Gisbert and a third for the alleged irregular financing of the 2024 European campaign.
To these we must add a fourth for alleged revelation of secrets and harassment of two former MEPs from Se Acabó la Fiesta, Diego Solier and Nora Junco; a fifth for a complaint from the mayor of Algeciras, José Antonio Landaluce, for alleged threats; and a sixth, opened in July 2026, for alleged public disorders following messages spread during the agricultural protests in February two years ago.
In the PP there may be important changes
The Popular Party, for its part, has several names to pull from. The two most obvious seem to be Esteban González Pons and Alma Ezcurra. The first is currently vice president of the European Parliament and is perhaps the most relevant figure in Genoa in Brussels; He was already on the 23-J lists three years ago and held a seat in Congress for a year, until the European elections the following year. For many voices, he is clearly a 'minister' for Feijóo and would also strengthen the international side of the party. Ezcurra, for her part, is the vice-secretary of Sectoral Coordination of the training and together with Miguel Tellado and Esther Muñoz will form the 'praetorian guard' of the campaign. There are already people who see her as potential number 2 on the list in Madrid.
The option of Dolors Montserrat could be added to Pons and Ezcurra, although her return to the national sphere seems more complex. She is currently the general secretary of the European People's Party and her past as Minister of Health in the Rajoy era gives her the chance to return to an Executive if the PP leads it. Now, his profile in Brussels is increasing, especially due to his closeness with the president of the EPP, the German Manfred Weber. Like Pons, she is Feijóo's main 'squire' in the European Parliament and at the community level.
Vox could wait to see the results
Vox, for its part, has its sights set on the sum it could obtain with the PP to form a new Government, and Abascal's party has a key figure for the party in Brussels: Jorge Buxadé. The head of the party's delegation in the European Parliament is one of the main spokespersons for the party, and in the last term in the European Parliament he was vice president of the Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group. He is one of the figures closest to Abascal, and would be on the list to occupy a ministry in the event that Vox enters the Government.
Beyond Buxadé, Vox has younger profiles in Brussels such as Mireia Borrás, who was already a deputy in Congress, and also veterans such as Juan Carlos Girauta, former Ciudadanos who also passed through the Lower House (although he did so with the orange formation). It does not seem very likely that either of them will make their way back to national politics.
In the PSOE, few changes
There will not be too many changes in the PSOE, although there are not many clues as to how Ferraz can draw up the lists, but the strong 'European' profiles of the socialists seem not going to move from Brussels. This is the case, for example, of Javi López, vice president of the European Parliament, or Iratxe García, head of the social democratic family in the European Parliament. Furthermore, in 2024 Sánchez already placed names on the lists for the European competitions that had been strong at the regional level, such as Idoia Mendia in the Basque Country or Sandra Gómez in the Valencian Community.
