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Tag Archives: Podemos
Dec 18 2015
Podemos in the upcoming Spanish general elections
Comments Off on Podemos in the upcoming Spanish general electionsBy Iván Llamazares In the European Parliament elections of May 2014, Podemos (We can) achieved a major electoral breakthrough by receiving 8 per cent of the national vote share and obtaining 5 seats. Podemos had been founded just a few … Continue reading
Posted by: December 18, 2015
Tagged with: Iglesias, Podemos, Spanish general elections
Dec 14 2015
Why Ciudadanos’ Albert Rivera is the candidate best placed to oust Mariano Rajoy as Spanish PM
1 CommentBy Jose Javier Olivas Spain will hold a general election on 20 December, with opinion polls indicating a tight contest between four parties for the largest share of the vote – the governing People’s Party (PP), who have a small … Continue reading
Posted by: December 14, 2015
Tagged with: Ciudadanos, elections, Podemos, PP, PSOE, Spain
Sep 28 2015
A bitter victory for Catalan pro-independence nationalists
6 CommentsBy Jose Javier Olivas This time the polls got it right. The nationalist pro-independence coalition Junts pel Sí (‘Together for Yes’) won the elections. But arguably this has been a bitter victory. Their 62 seats are insufficient to rule the … Continue reading
Posted by: September 28, 2015
Tagged with: Catalan Independence, Catalonia, Ciudadanos, elections, Podemos
Jun 21 2015
Populism in Europe: a primer
1 CommentBy Cas Mudde Already in 2010, a good five years before a populist coalition government would be formed in Greece, then EU President Herman van Rompuy called populism “the greatest danger for Europe” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 9 April 2010). Since then, … Continue reading
Posted by: June 21, 2015
Tagged with: Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), Finns Party (PS), Flemish Interest (VB), National Front (FN), Podemos, politics, populism, SYRIZA
Apr 8 2015
After Syriza: What’s next for Spain?
Comments Off on After Syriza: What’s next for Spain?By Marina Prentoulis and Lasse Thomassen The significance of Syriza’s electoral victory for anti-austerity parties and politics across Europe is slowly, but steadily sinking in. The next showdown will be in Spain where local and regional elections are due on … Continue reading
Posted by: April 8, 2015
Tagged with: extreme left wing movements, Izquierda Unida, left populism, Podemos, SYRIZA
Apr 1 2015
Ciudadanos: the ‘tortoise’ that may beat the ‘hare’ in the race for political reform in Spain
4 CommentsBy Jose Javier Olivas The emergence of Ciudadanos or Ciutadans (‘Citizens’ in Spanish and Catalan) as a credible alternative to the People’s Party (PP) and Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) is one of the most significant events in the Spanish … Continue reading
Posted by: April 1, 2015
Tagged with: Albert Rivera, Ciudadanos, Podemos, Spain, Spain elections, Spanish politics
Feb 16 2015
The winds are changing: a new left populism for Europe
5 CommentsBy Marina Prentoulis and Lasse Thomassen The unprecedented presence of international media, solidarity delegations and representatives of socialist and leftish parties in Athens signalled that Syriza’s triumph was something more than just another electoral victory. A spectre is haunting Europe: … Continue reading
Posted by: February 16, 2015
Tagged with: austerity, Europe, Greece, left populism, Podemos, Spain, SYRIZA
Jul 11 2014
(No) Time for activism: the changing face of protest movements
4 CommentsBy Anne Kaun New media and technologies and, in particular, social media have been celebrated over the last few years for their role in protest movements, such as the 15-M movement in Spain, the ‘Aganaktismenoi’ in Greece or the global … Continue reading
Posted by: July 11, 2014
Tagged with: activism, Aganaktismenoi, Democracy, media, occupy movements, Podemos, resistance
Jun 4 2014
“Spain is Different”: Podemos and 15-M
29 CommentsBy Cristina Flesher Fominaya In a dismal post-European election scenario, in which the extreme right has managed to emerge as the leading political formation in a number of European democracies, Spain has once again lived up to the 1960’s tourist … Continue reading
Posted by: June 4, 2014
Tagged with: European Elections 2014, Podemos, Spain, Spain elections