Podemos (Spanish political party)

For other political movements known by this name, see Podemos.

We Can
Podemos
General SecretaryIone Belarra
SpokespersonIsabel Serra
Pablo Fernández Santos
FoundersPablo Iglesias Turrión
Íñigo Errejón
Carolina Bescansa
Teresa Rodríguez
Juan Carlos Monedero
Miguel Urbán
Founded16 January 2014 (2014-01-16)
HeadquartersCalle Zurita 21, 28012 Madrid
Think tankInstituto República y Democracia[1]
Youth wingRebeldía Joven
IdeologyLeft-wing populism[2][3][4]
Republicanism[5][6][7]
Federalism[8]
Non-interventionism[9]
Democratic socialism[citation needed]
Political positionLeft-wing[10] to far-left[11]
National affiliation
European affiliationEuropean Left Alliance
for the People and the Planet
Now the People !
European Parliament groupThe Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
Colours
  •   Violet[a]
  •   Purple[b]
SloganSí se puede ("Yes, We Can")[12]
Congress of Deputies
4 / 350
Senate
0 / 265
European Parliament
2 / 61
Regional Parliaments
11 / 1,248
Regional Governments
1 / 19
Election symbol
Website
podemos.info

Podemos (Spanish: [poˈðemos], translated in English as "We Can")[c] is a left-wing[13][14][15] to far-left[16][17][18] political party in Spain. Founded in January 2014 by the political scientist Pablo Iglesias Turrión as part of the anti-austerity movement in Spain,[19][20] the party is currently led by Secretary-general Ione Belarra.

Podemos arose in the context of the economic crisis at the start of the 2010s and the aftermath of the 15-M Movement protests against inequality and corruption.[21][22] A fast growing movement,[23][24] the party took part in the 2014 European Parliament election, winning almost 8% of the vote and five seats out of 54,[25][26] outperforming the polls.[27][28][29][30][31][32] The party would go on to take part in the 2015 and 2016 Spanish general elections, becoming the country's third largest political force, but underperforming against the PSOE in the battle for the hegemony in the Spanish left.[33]

On 9 May 2016, Podemos formed the Unidos Podemos electoral alliance with the United Left, Equo, and regionalist left-wing parties.[34] After the fall of government talks with the PSOE after the April 2019 Spanish general election,[35] the November 2019 Spanish general election, in which the party and its allies won 12.9% of the vote and 35 seats in the Congress of Deputies, resulted in the Sánchez II Government through a coalition government between Podemos and the PSOE, the first multi-party cabinet in the Spanish democratic era.[36][37][38] The party took part in the Sumar coalition for the 2023 general election,[39] but left it soon after.[40]

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  3. ^ Cas Mudde (2016). On Extremism and Democracy in Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-317-22221-7.
  4. ^ Christopher Ross; Bill Richardson; Begoña Sangrador-Vegas (2016). Contemporary Spain. Routledge. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-317-75164-9.
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  13. ^ Sola, Jorge; Rendueles, César (2 January 2018). "Podemos, the upheaval of Spanish politics and the challenge of populism". Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 26 (1): 99–116. doi:10.1080/14782804.2017.1304899. hdl:10261/345623. ISSN 1478-2804. S2CID 151589338.
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  15. ^ Meyenberg, Yolanda (28 April 2017). "Disputar la democracia. El caso de Podemos en España". Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales (in Spanish). 62 (230): 221–241. doi:10.1016/S0185-1918(17)30022-3. ISSN 2448-492X.
  16. ^ Turcu, Anca; Urbatsch, R. (1 February 2021). "Aversion to far-left parties among Europeans voting abroad". Comparative European Politics. 19 (1): 117–138. doi:10.1057/s41295-020-00225-2. ISSN 1740-388X. S2CID 256518833.
  17. ^ Ceia, Vanessa (April 2020). "Digital Ecosystems of Ideology: Linked Media as Rhetoric in Spanish Political Tweets". Social Media + Society. 6 (2): 205630512092663. doi:10.1177/2056305120926630. ISSN 2056-3051.
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  20. ^ "Eclectic mix makes up new European Parliament". Washington Examiner. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  21. ^ Norman Schofield; Gonzalo Caballero (2015). The Political Economy of Governance: Institutions, Political Performance and Elections. Springer International Publishing. p. 131. ISBN 978-3-319-15551-7.
  22. ^ REDACCIÓN (15 November 2014). "Así nació Podemos: cinco momentos clave en su éxito". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2024.
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  34. ^ "Spanish leftists Podemos boosted by new electoral alliance".
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  36. ^ "Factbox: Major measures agreed by Spain's new ruling coalition". Reuters. Madrid. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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  39. ^ "Podemos se somete a Díaz: acepta diluirse en Sumar a cambio de ocho teóricos escaños seguros y de "sacrificar" a Montero". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 10 June 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  40. ^ Miguel, Alejandro López de (5 December 2023). "Podemos rompe con Sumar y se pasa al grupo mixto en el Congreso". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2024.


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