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Podemos positioned itself as leading a revolt by the people against the political system. Now, as Spain’s third-largest party, it is part of that system and has some difficult decisions to make.
Sumar, the PSOE’s junior coalition partner, known for offering mild criticisms of government decisions, on this occasion eagerly backed Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
Pony-tailed Spanish politician Pablo Iglesias abruptly retired from politics on Tuesday night, a month after stepping down from his post as deputy prime minister of the central government.
Podemos, the leftist party that emerged as the major success story in last month’s indecisive Spanish general election, has been accused of receiving illicit funding from the Iranian government.
In May, Podemos-supported candidates won the mayoral elections in Madrid and Barcelona, and in September Ciudadanos won 25 seats in Catalan elections, making it the second largest party in the ...
The catastrophic impact and death toll from the floods in Valencia serve as an indictment of Spain’s main pseudo-left parties, Podemos and its split-off, Sumar, which currently is in power at ...
Spain's far-left Podemos party intends to run in next month's election with Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz's Sumar party, Podemos said on Friday just hours before the expiry of a deadline for all ...
Far-left Podemos has already changed Spain The left-wing Podemos party can turn Spain into a model for other European nations where change is also needed.
MADRID — A decade after it burst onto the scene, disrupting Spain’s two-party politics and reinvigorating the country’s left, Podemos is facing a reckoning. With local elections being held for 12 of ...
Podemos has presented itself as a party of "decent ordinary people”, who understand the needs of ordinary citizens and are open to taking their lead from them through the participatory process ...
MADRID — Three weeks before Spaniards vote for the second time in six months, the far-left protest Podemos party is poised to come in second, shaking up if not yet replacing the establishment it was ...