Repeal of Spanish Labor Reforms Is Unwise
Liberalizations cut unemployment and encouraged business creation.
Podemos (Spain)
National Implications of the Madrid Regional Election
The center did not hold.
Spanish Tribulations in Multiparty Democracy
It’s still better than the alternative.
No Party or Bloc Wins Majority in Spain
Catalan and other regional parties hold the balance of power.
Spanish Parties Break Cardinal Rules of Coalition Politics
The result could be another election.
Spanish Politicians Need to Come to Grips with Coalition Politics
The center-left and center-right can no longer govern on their own. They need to compromise.
Sánchez Wins in Spain But Could Need Separatists for Majority
The Socialist places first, but he will need the support of Basque and Catalan parties to govern.
Leaders of Spanish Far Left Split
Iñigo Errejón breaks with Pablo Iglesias, who is unwilling to compromise on his party’s principles.
Spain’s Socialists, Podemos Eye Deal
With the support of the far left, Pedro Sánchez could potentially stay in power until 2020.
Spanish Left Pays Price for Choosing Purists Over Pragmatists
The parties chose to keep their hands clean in opposition.
Spanish Far Left Takes Rajoy to Task for Catalan “Repression”
Pablo Iglesias accuses the prime minister of making the Catalan problem worse.
Why Spain’s Podemos Now Supports Catalan Referendum
Hint: It’s not because the far-left movement is suddenly in favor of Catalan independence.
Podemos Endorses Hard-Left Course of Leader Iglesias
Rather than accept the possibility of compromise, Spain’s anti-establishment movement sticks to its far-left guns.
Spanish Left Needs to Decide Between Power and Principle
Are Spain’s left-wing parties serious about getting into power?
Defeat Splits Podemos Between Moderates and Hardliners
Some are trying to convince the Spanish far left they lost the election because they weren’t far left enough.