The Guardian view on Podemos: desperately seeking lost momentum | Editorial
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Apr 04 2021 at 5:25 PM GMT
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- Ten years after the indignados took to the streets, the fortunes of their political heirs are flaggingSpain's regional elections in May 2011 were a lively affair, to say the least.
- As post-crash austerity led to soaring unemployment and abject poverty for millions, the indignados movement was born, filling Madrid and other cities with protesters night after night.
- It was out of this ferment of discontent and anti-capitalist idealism that the Podemos party was born, quickly rivalling and briefly threatening to surpass the Spanish Socialist Workers' party as the country's main leftwing force.
- Ten years on, political drama is on the cards again, as Madrid goes to the polls on 4 May.
- The conservative regional president, Isabel D'az Ayuso, has called a snap election to consolidate her majority, after threatening manoeuvres from a junior coalition partner.
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- Published Apr 4, 2021 5:25 PM GMT