Podemos: Is a maverick leftist party mutating into the standard bearer of devolution?

Pablo Iglesias reasserted his leadership over Podemos in a vote in early February 2017, following a period of tension within the party between Iglesias and Iñigo Errejón.

Juan Rodríguez-Teruel, Astrid Barrio and Oscar Barberà track the party’s development, writing that the schism between Iglesias and Errejón reflects just one of the fault-lines over Podemos’ development. They highlight the role of new organisations in the Spanish regions and suggest that much of Podemos’ future will depend on whether it can maintain this regional support while strengthening its own left vote across the country.

ESO: Background information: Spanish ‘psycho-drama’ plays out at top of Podemos http://www.europeansources.info/record/spanish-psycho-drama-plays-out-at-top-of-podemos/

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