Podemos are winning the institutions — now we must win back democracy
People & Power
Podemos
has won an important victory, but what has emerged is a situation that
is all but ungovernable. It’s now up to the movements to enforce change.
has won an important victory, but what has emerged is a situation that
is all but ungovernable. It’s now up to the movements to enforce change.
campaign season, there are two kinds of political parties in Spain. One
has enormous posters that hang from their designated areas, flooding
the country’s cities and villages with unavoidable propaganda. The
second, due to their lack of representation when the campaign officially
begins, tend to paste their posters on walls or find other creative
ways of making their presence known. This year has been a good one for
the latter.
They may not have obtained the most votes, but it is
clear that Podemos are the big winners of Sunday’s general elections in
Spain. In many ways, they have been winning for a while now. Since
bursting onto the scene during the 2014 European elections, Podemos have
transformed the Spanish party system.
