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Podemos (Spain)

Madrid Spain

Repeal of Spanish Labor Reforms Is Unwise

Liberalizations cut unemployment and encouraged business creation.

Nick OttensNick OttensNovember 5, 2021November 13, 2022
Pablo Casado Isabel Díaz Ayuso

National Implications of the Madrid Regional Election

The center did not hold.

Nick OttensNick OttensMay 6, 2021January 16, 2023
Pablo Iglesias

Spanish Tribulations in Multiparty Democracy

It’s still better than the alternative.

Nick OttensNick OttensMarch 20, 2021November 29, 2021
Pedro Sánchez

No Party or Bloc Wins Majority in Spain

Catalan and other regional parties hold the balance of power.

Nick OttensNick OttensNovember 10, 2019June 4, 2022
Pedro Sánchez

Spanish Parties Break Cardinal Rules of Coalition Politics

The result could be another election.

Nick OttensNick OttensJuly 25, 2019November 18, 2021
Pablo Iglesias Pedro Sánchez

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.

Nick OttensNick OttensJuly 15, 2019November 18, 2021
Pedro Sánchez

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.

Atlantic SentinelAtlantic SentinelApril 28, 2019October 4, 2022

Leaders of Spanish Far Left Split

Iñigo Errejón breaks with Pablo Iglesias, who is unwilling to compromise on his party’s principles.

Nick OttensNick OttensJanuary 19, 2019November 29, 2021
Pablo Iglesias Pedro Sánchez

Spain’s Socialists, Podemos Eye Deal

With the support of the far left, Pedro Sánchez could potentially stay in power until 2020.

Nick OttensNick OttensSeptember 8, 2018November 18, 2021
Pedro Sánchez

Spanish Left Pays Price for Choosing Purists Over Pragmatists

The parties chose to keep their hands clean in opposition.

Nick OttensNick OttensApril 27, 2018April 20, 2022

Spanish Far Left Takes Rajoy to Task for Catalan “Repression”

Pablo Iglesias accuses the prime minister of making the Catalan problem worse.

Nick OttensNick OttensSeptember 14, 2017November 29, 2021

Why Spain’s Podemos Now Supports Catalan Referendum

Hint: It’s not because the far-left movement is suddenly in favor of Catalan independence.

Nick OttensNick OttensMay 28, 2017November 29, 2021

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.

Nick OttensNick OttensFebruary 13, 2017November 29, 2021

Spanish Left Needs to Decide Between Power and Principle

Are Spain’s left-wing parties serious about getting into power?

Nick OttensNick OttensFebruary 11, 2017November 29, 2021

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.

Nick OttensNick OttensJuly 5, 2016November 29, 2021

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