So, farewell then Podemos. Its five deputies today abandoned Sumar, the left coalition that forms part of the government of Spain and will now join a Gallego secessionist, a Navarran conservative and a populist from the Canaries in the so-called Mixed Group, the freak show of Congress. From five million votes and 69 deputies in 2015 and ambition to overtake the PSOE as the country’s main left party to this, a sorry end for what was once the most promising new left project in Europe for decades.
The End of Podemos
The End of Podemos
The End of Podemos
So, farewell then Podemos. Its five deputies today abandoned Sumar, the left coalition that forms part of the government of Spain and will now join a Gallego secessionist, a Navarran conservative and a populist from the Canaries in the so-called Mixed Group, the freak show of Congress. From five million votes and 69 deputies in 2015 and ambition to overtake the PSOE as the country’s main left party to this, a sorry end for what was once the most promising new left project in Europe for decades.