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Political party in Spain
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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