POLITIFILE :: Unidas Podemos ~ United We Can
• Unidas Podemos ~ United We Can • Unidas Podemos (originally Unidos Podemos) is a national coalition formed in June 2016, amalgamating…
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‘Unidos Podemos’ targets key regions to beat PSOE
• Campaign strategists eye Catalonia, Valencia, Balearics, Andalucia & Madrid • Left-wing coalition hopes to surpass Socialists in votes and seats in…
Podemos gives partners veto over Catalan plebiscite
• Podemos cedes veto power over post-election coalitions to Catalan partners • Accord effectively shackles governing pact to Catalan referendum litmus test…
POLITIFILE :: En Comú Podem ~ Together We Can
• En Comú Podem ~ Together We Can • En Comú Podem is an electoral coalition based in Spain’s northern region of…
POLITIFILE :: A Guide to Spain’s Political Parties
A guide to Spain’s leading political parties from Progressive Spain: NATIONAL :: Left-of-Centre Parties/Coalitions Partido Socialista Obrero Español ~ Spanish Socialist Workers…
POLITIFILE :: Podemos ~ We Can
• Podemos ~ We Can Podemos is a left-wing populist and anti-austerity party founded in January 2014 with the goal of leveraging…
POLITIFILE :: Ciudadanos – Partido de la Ciudadanía
• Ciudadanos ~ Citizens / Partido de la Ciudadanía ~ Party of the Citizenry Ciudadanos, or Partido de la Ciudadanía, also known…
#VIDEO: Sánchez debuts 26-J PSOE ‘shadow cabinet’
• Party leader presents lineup of 20 candidates for PSOE cabinet posts • List includes male-female parity, former Ministers & Supreme Court…
#VIDEO: Unions avow general strike over labour law
• Tens of thousands in ‘May Day’ marches in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities • Leadership threatens general strike if 2012 labour…
PSC-PSOE’s Chacón won’t seek June re-election
• Catalan party stalwart won’t lead June slate, leaves Congress after 16 years • Chacón not leaving politics completely, stays in PSOE’s…
Regional allies mull electoral split from Podemos
• En Marea, Compromís & En Comú Podem consider break from Podemos • Move would give regional groups separate budget, privileges in…
Catalanistas or fascists? Study says stereotypes skewing Catalan voters’ views of parties’ ideologies
• New study says voter perception of Catalanismo as left-wing is distorted • A new study of voter perceptions in Spain’s northeast…
PSOE, Ciudadanos agree to talks in five key policy areas, Rivera vetoes coalition pact with Podemos
• Rivera says PP’s 123 seats in Congress must be taken into account • Political leaders Pedro Sánchez of the Socialist party…
PSOE ‘Plan B’: Align with Ciudadanos, force Podemos to either abstain or join with PP to block government
• Option puts Podemos in difficult position, neutralising opposition to PSOE • Now faced with a virtually nil chance of negotiating a…
Podemos request for four-way split of 69 Congress seats would quadruple stipend, presence in debates
• Unprecedented request widely opposed, could stall new Congress formation • Anti-austerity party Podemos has announced it wants its 69 Congressional seats…
Colau’s BComú movement nixes talk of her leading broad-left coalition in re-run of Catalan regional vote
• Hints that Colau could lead En Comú Podem to Generalitat victory dismissed • Barcelona’s activist mayor Ada Colau has seemingly scuppered…
CUP assembly deadlocks, party leadership now to decide approval of Artur Mas as Catalan president
• Ballot deadlock after three rounds of voting sends issue to party leadership • If no decision before Jan. 10th, new regional…
Regional coalition strategies may pit Podemos, IU parties against each other in election aftermath
• Podemos & Izquierda Unida in coalition campaigns in Catalonia, Galicia • Parties may face struggle over rules for voting caucus formation…